Boy Whoe Started California Wildfires May Be Charged

[blessednxs65]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20071107/us_time/willachildbechargedinthefires

 

[jwintosh]

california penal code 26 essentially precludes anyone under the age of 14 to be culpable of committing a crime. you have to prove culpability! it'll never happen w/a ten year old. now, civally, that's completely different....

 

[caudio51]

I don't see any positiveness coming out of charging him.

A stupid ten year old that was playing with matches. It could have easily happened to me.

 

[tedski]

I still think the kid should do community service (washing fire trucks every weekend) for a good long while.

 

[AndrewDill]

He'll have a lot of fire trucks to wash, and probably some strong forearms to boot.

 

[cvm4]

I still think the kid should do community service (washing fire trucks every weekend) for a good long while.

You'd think some type of community service is in order.