...during a water-balloon fight.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/08/03/girl.charged.ap/index.html

Aren't we over reacting  a little.

Good. Guarantee she'd think twice about ever doing anything like that again.

"The simple fact is that we have an 11-year-old girl who struck a boy in the head with a jagged-edged, two-pound river rock..."

Sounds like it was a little bit beyond horseplay.

But a fellony, theres no need for that.

Are water balloon fights even legal anymore?  Seems like they're outlawing anything where kids might come within ten miles of getting hurt.

Quote (Corran Horn @ Aug. 03 2005, 4:05 pm)

Are water balloon fights even legal anymore?  Seems like they're outlawing anything where kids might come within ten miles of getting hurt.

I remember snowball fights with ice balls at the center, a family matter yes, I don't think it rates a felony charge for a ll year old girl. What about putting flour in a sock and Hiting people with it on Holloween, do they automatically get hauled off to prison.

Quote (George W Carver @ Aug. 03 2005, 3:03 pm)

But a fellony, theres no need for that.

What? For attempted murder? If you ask me...

This is just...retarded. A felony. An eleven-year-old girl is charged with a felony for something kids do all the time.

A swift beating on the behind that the little girl will remember would have done the trick, girl's parents pay for the boy's hospital bill, and make the girl realise what she did, and appologise for it, and ground her for a month or two.

No, let's haul her ass to court for it instead, charge her with "assault with a deadly weapon", put her in a juvinile hall for 5 days, and make her spend a month under house arrest.

Do you honestly think the girl is going to learn anything GOOD from being around other kids in a juvinile hall?

But then, I guess alot of it has to do with how she's been raised.

Quote (Dr. Chaotica @ Aug. 03 2005, 4:20 pm)

Do you honestly think the girl is going to learn anything GOOD from being around other kids in a juvinile hall? But then, I guess alot of it has to do with how she's been raised.

And this begins her rap sheet, at 11 yeas old. Sure it will be sealled at 18 but the damage will have been done, under the right circumstances it can be unsealed.
[edit]I don't think it would alter what you said, besides I just added a after thought[/edit]

Quote (George W Carver @ Aug. 03 2005, 3:23 pm)

And this begins her rap sheet, at 11 yeas old.

My EXACT thoughts, Carver.

EDIT: Well, you edited your post, and kindof changed what I thought you meant. I wasn't referring to an actual record she might have, I was referring to how this is going to affect her the rest of her life.