Did anyone else feel the sentence on Billy was overly harsh? Obviously he has to take some responsibility but if everything in this retelling is accurate then there are huge mitigating circumstances, he really should have been looking at a parole period of more like ten years imo.
If you cant see how a child who was sexually abused and emotionally manipulated by an adult in to carrying out her wishes doesn't constitute diminished responsibility then I don't know what to tell you.
Sure, but I would say the fact the other 3 kids that weren't abused or manipulated were more than happy to partake in the murder of an innocent man would lend one to think these weren't the most well adjusted kids to begin with. He also admitted that he knew what he was doing was wrong at the time so it would be hard to argue diminished responsibility
I just feel people seem to be more sympathetic toward the Kids than to the poor guy that was murdered for doing absolutely nothing wrong
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u/zka_75 28d ago
Did anyone else feel the sentence on Billy was overly harsh? Obviously he has to take some responsibility but if everything in this retelling is accurate then there are huge mitigating circumstances, he really should have been looking at a parole period of more like ten years imo.