Teen strangles 10 year old brother, inspired by Dexter

[Carcharodon]

 

[A&W]

Him having the urge to kill a person being simmiliar to the urge a person has to eat a hamburger does not automatically count as insanity. It all comes down to whether or not he was able to comprehend the fact that killing that person is wrong, causes suffering to the family, and deprives a victim of their future.

Unless he was unable to comprehend those facts, he's fit to go to trial.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

I find myself having alot in common with Dexter.

And I'm not a serial killer.

It sounds like an excuse, like trying to blame a videogame so that he could get off easier and just blame a piece of media. I'm sure that's the point that will be pushed by the defense.

 

[A&W]

It's possible, though I think it more likely this kid could be of use to us. Think of it in this way, maybe he has some brain chemical imbalance or some genetic cue that made him bat**** crazy. Now if you just kill him or abandon him to a prison system you never find out much more, but if you study him maybe you actually save some group of brothers in the future?

I look at it in this way. Say some dude got an incurable disease that's contagious. Now you can't let that person just roam the streets cause others would get hurt. But just killing him is unfair (cause it wasn't his fault he was born screwed up) and stupid (cause you'll never learn more about the disease). The smart and right thing to do is to isolate and study and hopefully learn enough to find some type of a cure. Mental diseases are really not different in terms of theory and practice.

I'm not someone that thinks all evil isn't the fault of the perp, but in this case it really doesn't seem to be. The kid killed his brother for no reason, he said it felt like satisfying his hunger. He has no history of being anything other than a good kid. He seemed happy after the act with no remorse, and then later he just turned himself in. These are the actions of the insane not a criminal. Criminals gain something from their crime, they feel somewhat guilty or at least paranoid after the act and they try to avoid being caught.

extremely on the money with that post there! But this kid would have to be evaluated by experts first though before anything could be decided.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Dee Dee get out of ma laboratory!

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

I think it's just...sigh...I dunno, strange? Or just like a "**** it, I give up" way to just call him "evil".

I think there's more to it than that. Simply calling him "evil" and then casting him aside to watch American Idol sounds like we'd be ignoring something. Or just tapping out because we cannot understand it, so we blame it on the sun gods or something.

 

[The Spawn]

Anyone see pics? Not reading this whole thread.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jYBv8sERl7Wf-qlhuh0f2KAN8ihQD9CD2AJO1

 

[Symbiotic]

If a story, fiction or non-fiction, inspires you to do something, no matter what it is, it's not the fault of the story. It's yours.

Agreed completely. Same with the whole South Park "Kick a ginger day". South Park didn't make you kick a ginger, you chose to.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

He actually looks like Dexter.

Or, uh, Michael C. Hall that is.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Not at all.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Agreed completely. Same with the whole South Park "Kick a ginger day". South Park didn't make you kick a ginger, you chose to.

Not just that...he clearly didn't pay attention to Harry's "rules" either. Dexter's moral compass, in the form of Harry and the rules he set up for his son, is the heart and soul of the entire concept.

Not at all.

Well...he's got red hair. I guess that's all it takes.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

LOL!

 

[The Spawn]

Now he's saying not guilty?

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20091204/NEWS0107/312040022

 

[katie_girl09]

Yeah. I saw that! Ridiculous.

 

[Watson]

This is just so sad. I can't even imagine what the parents are going through. For all intensive purposes they have lost both of their sons .

 

[Shemtov]

Hmm did I call him stupid?

No...no I don't see that in there.

.

I was reading between the lines, If I interpreted wrong, I'm sorry.

So....how does that belief apply here, exactly?

Given that Sarge was discussing the death penalty, I put my own 2 cents in on this tangent.

 

[Mike_D202]

This is barbaric. The kid isn't insane, if he were insane he would have strangled the kid and left it at that. But no, he choked him until he passed out, strangled him until blood came out of his nose and mouth, put a plastic bag over his head, then beat him in the head on the way to the trunk of his car before driving to his girlfriend's house to give her a ring. And to top that off, he enjoyed it.

I say put him in prison and throw away the key. With a picture of his little brother in the cell on his wall.

 

[CelticPredator]

He actually looks like Dexter.

Or, uh, Michael C. Hall that is.

He does......

 

[Metamorpho1977]

This has got to be one of the more f-d up stories I've read in a while..


I've never seen Dexter but know about it. Would it be justifiable to blame it here? I mean clearly the kid is mentally ill but he specifically states Dexter influenced him. BTW, I didn't hear the teen girl story either...WTF?

i don't remember this episode. Personally, I think the parents should be held responsible too. What's that line at the beginning? Parental Discretion Advised?

 

[Carcharodon]

Given that Sarge was discussing the death penalty, I put my own 2 cents in on this tangent.

...you based your reasoning on the assumption that he's a sane individual. That's why I bolded and blew-up that part of your post.

 

[Sentinel X]

This makes me feel physically sick. What a repulsive, disgusting soul.

But honestly, does this kid remind anyone of Michael Meyers? He's a good kid who gets A & Bs, never been in trouble with the law and does this out of nowhere. Creepy.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

People who are influenced by any form of media to do something like this are obviously a few sandwiches short of a picnic, if you know what I'm saying...

To see something in a computer game or movie or TV show and then go "Hey I'll go and do that in real life!" are definitely not right in the head in the first place.

 

[Hound55]

I have to admit, I've been having celebrities over to my house for years and shooting the breeze with them because I've watched one too many episodes of Parkinson...

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Good ol Parky ay?

 

[Hound55]

The Big Yin is trapped in my basement...