Innocent or Guilty?

The article “Father: ‘My kid made a mistake’ in school” by Gene Johnson and Manuel Valdes published February 23, 2012 under Yahoo news. Informs the public about a 9-year old boy who is currently accused of shooting an 8-year-old girl, who is critically wounded in the hospital after she was shot with a .45 caliber handgun. According to the article, under the state law, children between the ages of 8 and 12 years old are already capable of facing charges if, a court makes such a determination. The boy, who is under the legal custody of his uncle Patrick Cochran, was just bailed out on Thursday with an amount of $50,000. While it is being determined if the boy should be incarcerated and placed in a juvenile division. However, according to the article, “Todd Dowell of the Kitsap County prosecutor's juvenile division said his office had enough information to charge the boy on Thursday. However, he will not be arraigned until the court determines if the boy has the capacity to understand what he did was wrong.” Meaning that the court has to first determine if the kid had a full understanding of the damages he had cause while, committing such crime.  

This article may be found: http://news.yahoo.com/father-kid-made-mistake-school-033856603.html

-Juana Bravo