News 13-year-old girls tried as adults for Slender Man murder

[Sly]

Such a bizarre situation. I'm curious of their sanity. Thoughts?

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Two 13-year-old-girls accused of brutally stabbing a classmate to please make-believe horror character "Slender Man" will be charged as adults, a Wisconsin judge ruled on Monday.

The girls are each facing one count of attempted first-degree homicide, where they could face up to 65 years in prison if convicted as adults, according to the Associated Press. In the juvenile court system, the girls would only have been held for five years, until they turned 18.

Judge Rules Girls in '''Slender Man''' Case to Be Tried as Adults - NBC News

[MassMarketing]

wth is wrong with people

[plaster]

I watched a show about this awhile back. The girl who was stabbed told her story and it was really crazy and sad. The girls who did it also told their story of how they were going to do it in a public restroom in a park but thought it would create too much blood. The three girls were best friends.

[ErectMedia]

based on...

The two Waukesha teens are accused of luring their friend to the woods in May 2014 where she was repeatedly stabbed in an effort to please the fictional online ghoul Slender Man.

According to interrogation tapes released by Waukesha Police, the two girls said they believed the Internet character could hurt them or their families if they didn't carry out the attack.

Originally Posted by Sly

I'm curious of their sanity.

+1

[L-Pink]

Wtf?



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[420]

Originally Posted by plaster

The girl who was stabbed told her story and it was really crazy and sad.

Its not every day the ghost of a murdered girl agrees to be part of a documentary.

[plaster]

Originally Posted by 420

Its not every day the ghost of a murdered girl agrees to be part of a documentary.

She didn't die.

[plaster]

Not only did she not die, she crawled from the place she was stabbed to a trail where a biker saw her and called 911. The attackers even talked about how to make her die quicker.

[Relic]

Are they heavy set 13 year olds?

[Paul Markham]

Anyone who can be persuaded to do that kind of crime by an online or mythical character. Isn't operating on a full deck of cards and a danger to society.

[_Richard_]

it's weird they are being tried as adults and not put into a mental institution

[MiamiBoyz]

Put them down.

Enough crazies in the world without allowing clearly defective ones to grow up and reproduce more of the genetic freaks.

Nip it in the bud is what I say.

[420]

Originally Posted by plaster

She didn't die.

Oh, you're right. Damn sly and his misleading title.

[MaDalton]

obviously they need psychiatric help, not being locked away with other criminals

[Joshua G]

im not surprised given the premeditation. likely a shrink found them to be sane & evil, like klebold/harris.

my guess is they will get like 10-15 years but not 65.

[lyno]

Just wonder, if they are put on trial as adults, does that mean that they now have all rights of adults also?

[Sly]

My mistake about the murder. I recall hearing about this a while back and for some reason I thought it was a murder. When I saw the update, my memory kicked in and I did not notice that was attempted.

[Joshua G]

Originally Posted by Paul Markham

Anyone who can be persuaded to do that kind of crime by an online or mythical character. Isn't operating on a full deck of cards and a danger to society.

why cant they be sane? do you think evil is inherently mental illness? & if you really want to get philosophical, does evil exist at all? whose values decide what is moral? without a criminal justice system, people would murder others as whimsically as animals kill each other in the woods. one could argue that justice only protects the weak from the strong, a headwind against pure darwinian existence.

point being...once can be sane & have purely selfish motives. its only our shared values that deliver justice.

[dyna mo]

those girls plotted and schemed for months to do this, that's the polar opposite of insane.

[poncabare]

God damn

[Rochard]

Any 13 year old who kills someone is freaking insane.

I've never understood the entire insanity defense. With the exception of self defense, there is NO reason to ever take someone's life. If you do so, you are in fact insane.

[dyna mo]

yes, rochard, if you are 13 you get a kill and get out of jail free card. the rochard defense


wait, then you go on. i'll have to restate. if you kill anyone you get a get out of jail free card, because you're insane!

[ClaireMonroe]

Two girls in the same place planning a murder together would fail insanity. One could be insane and the other crazy, but honestly, I think people have just become mean, evil jerks lately. Why? I have no clue. Not enough discipline? Parents who let their kids watch movies like sinister? Parents who don't put filters on their porn machines or networks? Or, have there always been just evil people out there and now we hear more stories only because the world is smaller?

I find it amusing that other countries claim the USA has a lot more evil people when a) there are a lot more people in the USA and b) many of these countries hide their trash rather well.

Originally Posted by Joshua G

why cant they be sane? do you think evil is inherently mental illness? & if you really want to get philosophical, does evil exist at all? whose values decide what is moral? without a criminal justice system, people would murder others as whimsically as animals kill each other in the woods. one could argue that justice only protects the weak from the strong, a headwind against pure darwinian existence.

point being...once can be sane & have purely selfish motives. its only our shared values that deliver justice.

[VikingMan]

I am shocked these murderous girls are not being treated like victims.

[Imortyl Pussycat]

Originally Posted by Relic

Are they heavy set 13 year olds?

i know this is a serious topic but when i read this ^^^^ post i laughed. clearly i've been online too long and need to call it a night.

[plaster]

Originally Posted by Imortyl Pussycat

i know this is a serious topic but when i read this ^^^^ post i laughed. clearly i've been online too long and need to call it a night.

They were all normal size 13 year old girls. Man, I wish I could remember what one of the attackers said during interview... it was something like... just lie still and it won't hurt as much.

Something like that... and all of the involved are easily found.

[ClaireMonroe]

Originally Posted by VikingMan

I am shocked these murderous girls are not being treated like victims.

No, they were white girls. No special victim treatment for them.

[PaperstreetWinston]

Anyone here remember reading lord of the flies?

[Paul Markham]

Originally Posted by Joshua G

why cant they be sane? do you think evil is inherently mental illness? & if you really want to get philosophical, does evil exist at all? whose values decide what is moral? without a criminal justice system, people would murder others as whimsically as animals kill each other in the woods. one could argue that justice only protects the weak from the strong, a headwind against pure darwinian existence.

point being...once can be sane & have purely selfish motives. its only our shared values that deliver justice.

Depends on the definition of sanity. To me killing someone on the orders of an online mythical character. Is insane enough, being 13 years old, another reason not to try them as adults.

Definitions also depend on surrounding cultures one has been raised in.

those girls plotted and schemed for months to do this, that's the polar opposite of insane.

Because insanity removes the ability to plan anything longer that a day!!!!!

Clearly they don't get set free, but prison as sane adults, isn't the place for them.

Make's Hitler, Jack the Ripper, and a lot more sane. Who clearly had a screw loose.

Calling them sane and all the people who do similar acts in the US. Should force the dropping of the right to carry arms. Dangerous to have so many sane people running around with guns, and likely to kill.

[dyna mo]

Originally Posted by Paul Markham

Depends on the definition of sanity. To me killing someone on the orders of an online mythical character. Is insane enough, being 13 years old, another reason not to try them as adults.

Definitions also depend on surrounding cultures one has been raised in.

Because insanity removes the ability to plan anything longer that a day!!!!!

Clearly they don't get set free, but prison as sane adults, isn't the place for them.

Make's Hitler, Jack the Ripper, and a lot more sane. Who clearly had a screw loose.

Calling them sane and all the people who do similar acts in the US. Should force the dropping of the right to carry arms. Dangerous to have so many sane people running around with guns, and likely to kill.

Heads-up, they used a knife not a gun. Comparing a couple girls who stabbed someone to Hitler? Just stop.