Day 3 in reverse waiver hearing for boy, 12, charged with killing his mom
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A boy in Wisconsin accused of shooting his mum dead after she wouldn't buy him a virtual reality headset will be tried in an adult court. The unidentified boy was 10 at the time
A Wisconsin boy, 10 at the time of the shooting, has been ordered to stand trial as an adult for allegedly murdering his mother because she refused to buy him a virtual reality headset on Amazon.
No justice will come from trying a child as an adult; in doing so, it will not address the underlying social and cultural factors and pressures that played their part, namely the glorification of violence, militarism, and profit.
An 11-year-old Wisconsin boy charged with killing his mother over a virtual reality headset has been determined to be competent to stand trial by a judge.