Muhammad Hassam Ali, 17, was killed by stranger after a four-minute conversation in city centre

Summary

A 15-year-old boy was sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing a stranger, Muhammad Hassam Ali, after a brief conversation in Birmingham city center. The second boy, who stood by, was sentenced to five years in secure accommodation. Ali’s family expressed their grief, describing him as a budding engineer whose life was tragically cut short.

  • Rivalarrival@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    8 hours ago

    Now I don’t know where you’re from but around here four year olds are unsupervised in public.

    I suspect you misspoke. 4-year-olds require 24/7 supervision from a parent, guardian, or other caregiver in public or private. Failure to continuously supervise a 4-year-old you are responsible for is a chargeable offense.

    It’s also not about the concept, but about what is considered right and what’s wrong,

    It is about the capacity to understand right and wrong about a given act. Children much younger than 15 are expected to understand the general legal and moral implications of murder.

    You have no idea what his psychology looks like

    Untrue. I know he was subjected to numerous hearings and evaluations to determine his competency. He was found to not have sufficiently diminished capacity to excuse or mitigate his actions.

    • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 hour ago

      Failure to continuously supervise a 4-year-old you are responsible for is a chargeable offense.

      I’m sorry you’re living under fascism.

      He was found to not have sufficiently diminished capacity to excuse or mitigate his actions.

      Which does not mean that he is responsible for being the way that he is. Criminal insanity is a rare thing and, as a verdict, not actually that preferable. Doubly so criminal insanity as a juvenile, who are, yes, judged by different standards because their brains aren’t there, yet.

      I suggest you learn something about developmental psychology.