-Raskyl t1_j4qa44z wrote on January 17, 2023 at 2:52 PM

Reply to comment by InflamedLiver in Kentucky parents concerned after teen who compiled ‘kill list’ allowed to return to school by _UpSyndrome_

Hating people enough to want to kill them, is not a crime. Writing their names down, not a crime. If the perpetrator did nothing more than this, they have no grounds to put them in juvie.

All they can really (and should) do, is make them see a therapist and make sure their home life is ok.

PhasmaFelis t1_j4qcg4g wrote on January 17, 2023 at 3:08 PM

Seriously planning to commit murder is definitely a crime.

I don't know the situation, maybe the kid was just being an edgy dork and never meant to actually act on it. But it's not the case that the system can't take action until a trigger is pulled.

-Raskyl t1_j4qexxo wrote on January 17, 2023 at 3:25 PM

Ya, writing someone's name down is not "seriously planning to commit murder". That's my point.

PhasmaFelis t1_j4rf2im wrote on January 17, 2023 at 7:11 PM

The article gives no details. Neither of use has any idea how far his plan did, or didn't, go.

-Raskyl t1_j4rtf80 wrote on January 17, 2023 at 8:39 PM

I assume that if it went far enough to be considered attempted murder, they would have been charged with attempted murder and not let back into the school at the very least, because that would be legal grounds to do so. The fact they weren't, and are being allowed back, heavily implies it did not go far enough to warrant any charges being issued......