They are 9 and 10 years old for crying out loud
Children Charged With Felonies Over Violent Drawings
POSTED: 5:00 am MST January 26, 2005
OCALA, Fla. -- Two boys, ages 9 and 10, were charged with felonies and taken away from school in handcuffs, accused of making violent drawings of stick figures.
Should these children face felony charges for their violent drawings?
No, they are children.
No, nobody should face charges for a drawing.
Yes, a felony is appropriate for this type of drawing.
The boys were arrested Monday on charges of making a written threat to kill or harm another person, a second-degree felony. The special education students used pencil and red crayon to draw primitive stick figure scenes on scrap paper that showed a 10-year-old classmate being stabbed and hung, police said.
"The officer found they were drawing these pictures for the sole purpose of intimidating and scaring the victim," said Ocala Police Sgt. Russ Kern.