Obviously he needs some extremely close guidance and supervision over the next several years. I’m not saying we should “do nothing”, but I think when all the facts come to light, it’s going to be clear that this boy’s outrageous act was the result of growing up in an outrageous situation. It seems to me that a therapy-oriented home for troubled children would be appropriate, but not any sort of prison. He needs to be taught how to control himself, not punished for failing to control himself before anybody had bothered to teach him how.
Teaching a child to control themselves begins by appropriate discipline when they dont control themselves. My 2 year old screams for a toy so I withhold the toy and tell her that she must control herself and next time she must ask nicely. I do not give her the toy and then tell her to ask nicely next time. She got what she wanted by being out of control so why should she learn to control herself? This boy must be punished for killing someone. If you dont punish him, how will you teach him to control his behaviour. He already got away with it then. What deterrent do you think you can offer him, if you let him get away with murder?