A boy in Wisconsin accused of shooting his mum dead after she wouldn't buy him a virtual reality headset will be tried in an adult court. The unidentified boy was 10 at the time
No justice will come from trying a child as an adult; in doing so, it will not address the underlying social and cultural factors and pressures that played their part, namely the glorification of violence, militarism, and profit.
The 10-year-old has been charged with first-degree reckless homicide and will be tried as an adult after killing his mum when she didn't buy the headset.
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A Wisconsin boy allegedly shot and killed his mother Quiana Mann, 44, in November 2022, after she refused to purchase an Oculus virtual reality headset for him from Amazon.