'I shot dad': US boy who killed neo-Nazi father

[struggle4progress]

KRISTINE GUERRA
Last updated 13:58, August 27 2016

... Hall was addicted to drugs, including methamphetamine, and was often violent toward his wife and children, especially Joseph, according to court records.

He punished his son every day for being too loud or for getting in his way – sometimes by punching and kicking him several times in the back, said Krista McCary, the boy's stepmother.

The night before, Hall had threatened to remove all the smoke detectors and burn the house down while his family slept, court documents showed ...

Weapons, including the .357 Magnum Joseph used, were easily accessible to the children. Police found the revolver under Joseph's bed, where he hid it after killing his father. A .22-caliber rifle was in the garage leaning against a wall. An unlocked cabinet had ammunition and several other sharp weapons ...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/83629832/i-shot-dad-tragic-case-of-us-boy-who-killed-his-violent-neonazi-father

[dhol82]

1. Can't believe that he actually had to go a facility

Second - if he is fifteen now and needs to 'serve' until he is 23 does that mean that he has to go to an adult facility when he hits 18? That would be just awful.
Poor kid. Screwed over by a lunatic step-dad and then screwed over more by an injustice system.

[Earth_First]

3. Unless an appeal is granted, yes...

the remainder of the sentence after the completion of his juvenile sentence would be transferred to an adult facility upon turning 18.

[dhol82]

4. That is appalling.

How is this considered justice?

[SunSeeker]

2. K & R for exposure of the horror this boy went through and continues to endure.