my parents knew what i was up to because i respected them enough to let them know what, where and why..but i also knew if i did go out and do something wrong i was in troube big trouble..kids havent got that anymore..my nine year old son turned round to me the other day and said i couldnt do anything to him or he would call the police..i just looked at him , smiled and said you know where the phone is...but remember you have more to loose..

lol! Yeah that would put a stop to sneeking out. lol I Know I that would have stopped me. lol Sneeking out would have definetly lost its appeal. You have a great day!

The 8 face charges of battery and kidnapping which can get them life in prison and 3 have the additional chg of tampering with a witness.

I dont think the teens shuld get life in prison, as it is still; possible for them to learn from this and become respectable citizens, however they DO need to be charged and sentenced heavily. How old was the adult sentry again?
If by adult, he was only 18 or 19 years old, then I say no more than 20 years in prison, as again he is young enough to learn and change his ways.
However, they definitely need to be punished, one and all, and they need to do something to help the girl recover, along with her family.

it's not solely the parents faults but they should have stepped up and been parents to begin with. the parents share responsiblity. the kids should be tried as adults. if they are old enough to prepare and plan this...then they are aware of what they did. it's a pathetic world when people can't own up to what they do. i respected my mom enough to watch what i did. yes i got in some minor trouble but i was more worried about disappointing my mom than the actual punishment. my son is the same way. he's 17 and would defend someone before ever starting anything

thats because you have instilled certain values in your son (kudos) my 22 yr old is the same way. Makes decisions based on whats best for her, what is best for the situation and of course how I would react is in her mind as well.

lmao, I am 33 years old, and to this day if I ever go to jail, you can damn well bet that my mother would be last to find out, and trhen I would be begging the cops to not let her in to see me, as I would be a dead man very shortly thereafter

I hope these kids get whats coming to them. That was just horrible.

i still wonder where the parents were the whole time and what )if any) responsiblity they are taken in this.

see I'm with you, but nowadays some kids just dont care. They have this oh well type of attitude that nothing is taken seriously.

YR, supposedly the girl that lives there had it planned wait until her guardian left the house, invite the girl and whip her a$$ with 5 others and 2 look outs.

I put some blame on the parents on how they raised and instilled values (or the lack thereof) onto their kids.

The problem with punishing the parents, folks, is this is a free country. Yes that means that it is not a crime to fail to raise your kids with the same mroals as everyone else. Not only that, but it is free for someone to choose to not conform to societies laws and such. And you can NOT blame, or punish perswon a, because their offspring decided their right to choose for themselves. Even if their choice is as atrocious as this was.
The kids involved were all more than old enough to make that choice themselves (althuogh I still think they are young enough to be rehabilitated without having to serve life with no parole), and thus are old enough to live with the consequences.
Now, one thing that we can ALL do to help prevent this tragedy from reoccuring, is as parents, start monitoring what our children watch on tv, what they are exposed to as young children when they do NOT know any better.
There are all kinds of other things we can do, both as parents and as a nation or community to help our children turn inot productive model citizens, this is just one example.