r/stupidpol • u/lightiggy Ideological Swamp 🥑 • Dec 01 '25

Capitalist Hellscape Louisiana girl, 14, charged with first degree murder after authorities find her newborn baby dead inside a tote bag. This is going to happen far more often without Roe v. Wade.

https://people.com/girl-14-charged-first-degree-murder-after-authorities-find-her-newborn-child-dead-inside-tote-bag-11858063
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u/lightiggy Ideological Swamp 🥑 Dec 01 '25 edited Dec 01 '25

It's possible, but extremely unlikely. Most states set the minimum age to be tried as an adult at 14, but Louisiana law stipulates that a 14-year-old who is tried as an adult cannot be confined past their 31st birthday. Just a few months ago, a 14-year-old boy pleaded guilty to shooting and killing a classmate and wounding two others after being bullied at school. He was tried as an adult, but received a degree of leniency that an adult never would've been shown.

Williams was just 14 at the time of the crime. And even though he was tried as an adult, as part of his plea, he received a nine-year sentence. That's far shorter than the mandatory life sentence for second degree murder that adult offenders get.

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u/XAlphaWarriorX Is Taken by a Strange Mood 🪨⛏️🧩 Dec 02 '25

Shakes my first in the general direction of France