Chicago Daily Southtown - Chicago,IL,USA
... Public Defender Kathy Roller attributed the teen's "emotional
disconnect" to evidence the boy had suffered from depression and attention deficit disorder ...
http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/yrtwn/south/061syt4.htm
I think somebody is missing something here...
Nucking_Futs
02-06-04, 03:05 PM
I honestly find offense with people who use ADD/ADHD as a form of defense in a court room setting. It all comes down to one thing: Only one person/thing is responsible for my behaviour's ---MYSELF.
I couldn't tell if it was used as a defense by this article but AD/HD doesn't make a person kill.
Nucking_Futs
02-06-04, 03:15 PM
exactly my point and what I am trying to teach my children. ONLY they are responsible for their behaviours. I tell them ADD is NOT a crutch. Hopefully someday soon it will sink in.lol
Christiana
02-07-04, 04:41 AM
this is so weird.... I can't imagine!! I dont' evenknow what to say... woah.:(
pembroke
02-07-04, 01:57 PM
how about: the boy killed his father because he had fairly easy access to a weapon? had that locked closet not been there, with the guns and ammo inside, dad would still be alive. anger clouded the kids judgement; guns allow a person to act on that anger in an instant. i don't think he would have stabbed or strangled his father, because that takes too much thought and energy. firing a gun does not. even loading and firing a gun doesn't.
the ad/hd can be blamed for his lack of maturity, perhaps, but that is all....
Nucking_Futs
02-09-04, 01:47 AM
I'm sorry Judit but people kill not guns. Sorry, I'm a hick; but, there were more precautionary measure's that could have been taken. We keep our guns in a metal, fire proof gun safe. The key is then locked in the filling cabinet. And that key is kept on our key ring's. And my children 10-8 have yet to handle a real gun. First they must graduate a gun safety course; but, they will not be allowed to even participate in a gun safety course until they learn to NOT point their play guns at another person. And that is only MY opinion.
pembroke
02-09-04, 04:03 PM
it seems this kid should've had that kind of training, seeing as how his dad was a cop. i'm just saying, because he had access to the gun, dad ended up dead. without that access, i don't think dad would be dead.
by the way, i have nothing against guns. my dad took me to a firing range when i was about 8, so i would know how NOT to treat a weapon....