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Anyone following the trial? For those who aren't, Cody killed his parents and his 13-year-old stepsister when he was 14. They had a lot of evidence of abuse. He's been found guilty, but they don't know whether to sentence him as a child or an adult. The viewers are split between sympathy for him or not.

I am one who has sympathy for him, and I believe he should be charged as a minor, because he was 14, and I have a 14-year-old brother, and he is nowhere near as mature as an adult. 14-year-olds are fiery and rebellious and trying to become an adult, but they are nowhere near it.

What do you think about the trial?
 
Laws state that minors are tried differently than adults. Yes, the law has provision for exception, but I disagree with those - as far as I'm concerned, it's a case of catering to vengeance-hungry lobbies
 
If he was abused I think it was self defense and not murder and he shouldn't be charged at all.
 
Do you seriously think his stepsister abused him? Being abused does not give you the right to take another human life.
 
Don't know the extent of the abuse, so I really can't say much on the matter. =/
 
She didn't give any details about who he was abused by, so I don't know. But you don't think self defense gives you the right to take a life?
 
No, I don't believe that defending yourself against an attack (of any type) requires you to use deadly force. Even martial artists use their skills offensively, without the intent to kill. I think that his abuse probably contributed to his being charged as a juvenile, though; it's probably for the best.
 
Well there's a reason they recognized battered spouse sydrome. It's when a woman snaps and thinks that the only way for her to get out of the situation she's in is to kill her abuser. If she did anything else, he'd just come get her and beat her up more for trying to defend herself or for trying to run away. I imagine an abused child would be in the same kind of situation. And battered spouse syndrome is considered a valid self defense argument in court.
 
But there is no 'battered child syndrome,' at least not to my knowledge. I'm not excusing his parents or whoever abused him; I'm saying that there are viable alternatives to killing the person who's abusing you.

It depends on the type of abuse. If you're being verbally abused, you're not going to kill the person who's calling you names and putting you down. I tend to think that emotional and psychological abuse are worse than physical abuse, simply because the wounds take longer to heal.

I'm not suggesting that a person or child can't defend themselves against the abuser; they can, but they don't necessarily have to kill someone for the abuse to stop.
 
Couldn't physical abuse also be psychological? I mean, how would you feel start to feel about yourself if you were beaten every day?
 
I think the two are related. If you're being physically abused, it's highly likely you're also being verbally and psychologically abused as well. It's a vicious circle.
 
If there's not a battered child syndrome, there really ought to be, because it's WAY harder for a child to get out of the abusive situation than it is for an adult woman. I mean as a kid, you can't simply move away on your own. Even reporting it to the authorities has little to no effect. I used to volunteer for the foster care system, and I once heard a social worker make the following statement:

"Yeah, he was sexually molested, and they also found trash in his stomach because his parents made him eat garbage. We just sent his brother back to his parents last week, we're hoping to send him home soon."

That's the way it is pretty consistantly, even if the system does remove the child, the child will simply be sent back in a few months, no matter how horrible the abuse is. It's just the way the system works. And I mean I could tell you a million horror stories about the foster care system from the time I volunteered there.
 
Unfortunately, you're right. That's why I'm glad this kid is being prosecuted as a juvenile. Maybe he'll get the counseling he desperately needs.
 
Listen to the Children

5/17/2008 - I just watched the story on Court TV about Cody. I am so glad the way it turned out.

Everyone that was close to the family knew there was abuse but had no idea how deep the abuse went until the trial. Everyone said they were sorry they had not spoke out sooner with the exception of the prosecution, who clearly was out of touch with reality and only concerned with "winning her case without conscience".

Sexual abuse is ignored or denied that it exists and yet literally thousands of children are subject to this abuse on a daily basis. The child is abused physically and becomes co-dependent thinking this is the normal. Then when you put in the mix, sexual abuse, the child's core knows something is not right and does not know how to handle it. They are concerned if they do not comply, they may be subject to the physical abuse. Because no one listened to the child, he did snap and even though the step sister was an inocent victim, I totally agree with the verdict.

Living in California, the laws are virtually in favor of the abuser and I hope people will wake up and see these laws are seriously flawed and listen to the children. There are so many signs of abuse (physical & sexual) a qualified professional can tell the difference. Until the laws are re-written and revised, we will continue to see stories like this as well as a mother who kills the father of an abused child because no one was listening and the father continued the abuse until the mother felt she had no other choice to protect her child as the law did not!


Raichu Mistress said:
Anyone following the trial? For those who aren't, Cody killed his parents and his 13-year-old stepsister when he was 14. They had a lot of evidence of abuse. He's been found guilty, but they don't know whether to sentence him as a child or an adult. The viewers are split between sympathy for him or not.

I am one who has sympathy for him, and I believe he should be charged as a minor, because he was 14, and I have a 14-year-old brother, and he is nowhere near as mature as an adult. 14-year-olds are fiery and rebellious and trying to become an adult, but they are nowhere near it.

What do you think about the trial?
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At least the reply is sensible. Not some insane one-word post like usual.
 
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