What happens when you find the body of a dead child in the playground? What would you do if the one guilty is none other than another child, not much older than the deceased?
What if he had no valid reason for the murder? What if it WAS intentional, and that he really is a violent child? Would you declare him guilty in court?
You do. You declare him guilty of murder. You lock him in juvenile detention, where he wastes his time away as punishment for his crime. Where he is exposed to other dangers, other kinds of pain; for what he had done to another boy.
But halt. This child, this murderer, has gone through more than you think. He has gone through more violence than you can imagine. His mother's boyfriends abused her, after she killed his father ruthlessly in front of his very eyes.
Does this boy deserve to be charged guilty of murder?
When a child commits murder, what he needs is not punishment; but help.
Think about it. And not only in the literal sense.
You dont leave someone because she's not religious. You stay with her and show her what's right and wrong. You know how stubborn she is; like every little boy who's seen more violence than he should.
But if you really want to help her,... If you really love her; would you not stay and hold her hand throughout her repent?
When a child commits murder, what he needs is help, not punishment.
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