A child in Florida does NOT have to kill anyone DELIBERATELY in order to be convicted of 1st degree murder. In fact the definition of 1st degree murder in Florida does NOT require the child either killed or anticipated a fatal outcome.

Rebecca Falcon was convicted based on so-called felony murder, which says if anyone dies during the commission of enumerated felonies, all participants in the underlying felony are guilty of first degree murder, AS IF they deliberately killed a person. The jury in her case never ruled — never was asked to rule — on the question of who actually shot the taxi driver (she was with an adult accomplice in the taxi) and if the shooting was intentional rather than accidental.

Note that when Lionel Tate was convicted, the jury only ruled that the victim (Tiffany) died as a result of unreasonable yet willful endangerment by Lionel, which was sufficient for a MANDATORY conviction of 1st degree murder. Jury members said they believed Lionel neither intended not anticipated Tiffany’s death.

Me neither

l rhodes,
A man has the right to kill those who threaten his family. No jury would say otherwise.

An eye for an eye, or turn the other cheek? Man is not supposed to judge, yet we do. We render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s, so why not put them to death ~ it is “Caesar’s” law that says we can. When his last breath is taken, we will then render unto God what is God’s.

But to execute him, you have to kill him.
That means the executioner should be executed.
But THAT would require HE be killed …

I assume you make allowances for that, but words should be chosen carefully.