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submitted 6 months ago by FenrirIII@lemmy.world to c/texas@lemmy.world

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[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I suspect that that's less a Texas thing and more the difficulty of legally locking up a ten-year-old in a mental hospital long-term.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't have to be for life but 6 months in an institution would do him better than 6 years in jail.

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

He sounds like he is mentally unwell. He needs psychiatry and people who can work with him, not prison.

[–] PoliticalAgitator@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

America doesn't help people, it just gives them guns. The only difference this time is that they were unusually young.