Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Lost for Life
Last night I watched a documentary on Netflix about minors killing people and getting sentenced life in prison with no parole. One story was about two teenage boys who felt they didn't fit into anyone at school so they felt the need to kill this girl, Cassie Jo Stoddart, who they thought was ¨pretty¨ to find where they belonged in life. Brian, and Torey, the teenage boys were both 16. They had murdered her by stabbing her to death in her own home on the night of September 22, 2006. The documentary was recorded in 2013. Torey, the one who actually did the stabbing talked about how he felt he was paying for someone else crime because he has changed since he was a minor. Personally, I felt that was one of the dumbest things I have heard, how does killing an innocent person help you find your place? Being 16 years old, you know the crime you're committing, you know the consequences. He also said how he felt neither of them would have done it without the company of the other and how they were both shocked when the plan actually followed through.. This goes to prove that two minds are more powerful than one, and friends have an impact on each-other but this doesn't excuse the crime and make it anymore right then as if they had done it alone.
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That's really interesting Amanda. I watched a series that is very similar to this called Killer Kids. Basically they told the stories of young kids who had killed their peers. It was really interesting listening to some of their stories because some of them had absolutely no traumatic experience as a child that could explain why they lashed out the way they did which is really scary. Some had completely normal and happy childhood, but still managed to hurt someone. I think the scariest part about that is for one thing they are kids, we may never truly know their intentions or understand why they kill because they most likely don't know themselves.
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