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[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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 7 months ago

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 7 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 7 months ago

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

[-] PoliticalAgitator@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

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

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