Troubled

I have been so troubled by a recent story here in Pittsburgh. For those of you who are not here, an eleven year old boy shot his pregnant step mother (or is it his dad's girlfriend) in the back of the head while she is sleeping and then went to school. Scary, awful stuff. But what really has me going is the treatment of this child. Yes, child, for that's what he is.

The district attorney is trying him as an adult. As a fully grown, capable of adult thought processes. No matter how"adult" his actions were he is not an adult. Can not reason like an adult, can not see consequences like an adult. Can not be expected to be an adult. At age 11, the state is telling this boy that he is done. His life is set. Madness.

And the media is flashing his photo like he won some contest. Show some decency. Show some humanity. Appaling.

What if this were your child? What treatment would you want?

I am quite sure this would not be it.