5 year old Girl facing Murder Charges

[starguard]

Even though this is truly a sad incident, I can hardly wait to see how the courts are going to handle this.

Kansas City girl, 5, may face murder charges in drowning
Murphy Kevin Murphy – Fri Jun 10, 12:14 am ET

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – A 5-year-old girl could face murder charges in the recent drowning of a toddler in a bathtub, police said on Thursday.

Kansas City police are waiting for a medical examiner's report on how Jermane Johnson Jr., died, but have investigated the death as a homicide, spokesman Darin Snapp said Thursday.

"I've been in law enforcement for 20 years and it's the youngest suspect I can remember," Snapp said. "It's extremely rare."

Johnson, 18 months old, was in a Kansas City house on June 3rd with other children, but the 16-year-old girl who was supposed to be looking after them fell asleep, Snapp said.

Investigators learned through interviews that a 5-year-old girl in the house got irritated at the boy, Snapp said.

"She said she got angry because he would not stop crying and she held him under the water until he stopped crying," Snapp said.

Snapp said a decision on to handle the case will be left up to prosecutors after the medical examiner's report is released.

link: Kansas City girl, 5, may face murder charges in drowning - Yahoo! News

 

[Homo Erectus]

how horrific.

 

[Dirk Funk]

This situation is horrible, but charging a 5 year old with murder is insane and irresponsible. Nobody in their right mind could think that a 5 year old could understand the magnitude of those kind of actions, or be responsible for them. The prosecutor who brought these charges should be forced out of office, disbarred and raped by a pack of cupcakeers. Not necessarily in that order. Whichever is most convenient.

 

[Sarek]

Missouri is kind of fucked up anyway. Earlier this year they tried to repeal the child labor laws so they could make 12 year old's go to school all day and work in the evenings to teach them a 'work ethic'. Hell, at 12 you have a hard enough time trying to teach them not to pick their nose in public. Nothing surprises me with that whack nut state.