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iemanja

(53,032 posts) Fri Dec 3, 2021, 05:06 PM Dec 2021

Do you agree that Ethan Crumbly should be charged as an adult? [View all]

I don't. He seems like a very disturbed boy whose actions were made possible by terrible parents.

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	33 (65%)
	No
	14 (27%)
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	4 (8%)
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Do you agree that Ethan Crumbly should be charged as an adult? [View all] iemanja Dec 2021 OP

I'd like to see a comprehensive psych assessment from multiple experts--including those hlthe2b Dec 2021 #1

Yes, good so GusBob Dec 2021 #2

It could be mitigating on sentencing, but he still faces trial. Could it affect the verdict? Sure hlthe2b Dec 2021 #6

Interesting and what if GusBob Dec 2021 #13

I agree with that. nt iemanja Dec 2021 #3

That would be a good thing in the pursuit of justice. SYFROYH Dec 2021 #16

I'm not sure. He may have been manipulated/warped by his parents Wingus Dingus Dec 2021 #4

Is he an adult? eShirl Dec 2021 #5

He's 15 iemanja Dec 2021 #7

In a previous life, on 3-4 occasions, i was a courier of psychological evaluations to a judge Tetrachloride Dec 2021 #8

No, I don't. But I don't think he should ever get out, either. Haggard Celine Dec 2021 #9

juveniles can't be sentenced to life iemanja Dec 2021 #11

Well, I'm not sure, then. Haggard Celine Dec 2021 #18

Yes. Whether he can plead insanity or diminished capacity is a separate question. Klaralven Dec 2021 #10

15-year old brains are not adult brains VMA131Marine Dec 2021 #12

Not true inthewind21 Dec 2021 #32

That is a simplistic view and it's not supported VMA131Marine Dec 2021 #34

Not so easy ... dumbcat Dec 2021 #47

If we ever begin trying adults as juveniles as well, I'll reassess my no vote. Torchlight Dec 2021 #14

Right now, yes. AngryOldDem Dec 2021 #15

We don't have it but if we did I would vote for it in his case if I were on the jury. roamer65 Dec 2021 #22

It's fucking ridiculous, he's not an adult, Stupid fucking law USALiberal Dec 2021 #17

+1 nt berniesandersmittens Dec 2021 #45

I need a lot more info to have a solid opinion on this. SYFROYH Dec 2021 #19

Well... Mike Nelson Dec 2021 #20

No kid should. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #21

No. He's too young. Blue_playwright Dec 2021 #23

I totally disagree. Even at 15 you know that, " YOU SHOULD NOT KILL"...Don't You? I did. Stuart G Dec 2021 #39

This is difficult. AngryOldDem Dec 2021 #41

Well said. crickets Dec 2021 #43

Dang it.......I don't think so......isn't there something in between?? a kennedy Dec 2021 #24

The question I always ask is: hamsterjill Dec 2021 #25

I know I don't want him to get out of prison anytime soon. dchill Dec 2021 #26

For how long can a juvenile be sentenced in Michigan? Poiuyt Dec 2021 #27

I think so iemanja Dec 2021 #28

I agree. There was something very wrong going on in that family. patphil Dec 2021 #29

It is simple, he is not an adult. BeckyDem Dec 2021 #30

The problem is pinkstarburst Dec 2021 #31

15 is well past old enough to know right from wrong inthewind21 Dec 2021 #35

He talked about the voices in his head iemanja Dec 2021 #36

No. 15 is not an adult. In fact a great deal of development happens between 15 and 18. Buckeyeblue Dec 2021 #33

I don't know. I do know that I think adults Crunchy Frog Dec 2021 #37

Is a 15-year-old pregnant girl an adult? Walleye Dec 2021 #38

He's white. Is that even legal? 11 Bravo Dec 2021 #40

I can see his ending up in a psych facility iemanja Dec 2021 #42

No. I do not berniesandersmittens Dec 2021 #44

I do not feel that he should be charged as an adult. But if he were convicted then I think he totodeinhere Dec 2021 #46