Not that it in any way justifies it, but the circumstances here can and should be taken into account:
Calling it "premeditated" is going to far. She pushed a very emotional, traumatic button and the kid snapped. I might go a little insane if someone used a subject like that in an argument with me too.
And, frankly, she was a bitch to bring that up in an argument. Did she deserve to be put in a coma for it? No. But she wasn't thinking about the consequences of her words, either.
you're right, lets take the circumstances into account. he told people he was going to kill her. he left one locale and went to her locale specifically to do her harm and follow up on his claim he made about killing her. he nearly succeeded and only failed to succeed cos someone intervened and stopped him. he did not stop on his own, someone else had to stop him even when she was unconscious. your lawyer skills are lacking. hell, i was in business law but i can still see clearly how the authorities can make this charge.
you can't see the premeditation though information was provided in the story but you somehow know everything that was said in the entire text conversation between the victim and the attacker. then you claim she was a bitch. was he a total gentleman in his part of the conversation? do you know he wasnt being an asshole on his end of the conversation? besides the fact that you drew your own conclusions about a text conversation when you don't know everything that was said but only know about one particular statement in the conversation, lets go over what we actually
do know:
boy says to acquaintance he is going to kill girl. boy travels to destination where girl is located. girl is beaten unconcious. interloper had to intervene to prevent further beating. girl suffered so severley she was taken to a hospital and operated on. girl never met the attacker in person. girl had never physically or financially taken advantage of attacker. girl said something in a text message he disagreed with. that's what we
do know. no where there do i see ANY justification whatsoever. not even the slightest teensiest weensiest bit. do you really see some?
finally, she's a teenage girl. ever met one? ever talk to one? sometimes they say shit. every god damn teen age girl on the god damn planet has said shit before and it frustrates the hell out of us males. they're girls, they do that. it's just one of the things that make girls complicated to us men. but never ever ever is it justification to beat the living shit out of them. now a guy on the other hand, sure i'd beat the shit of him, but i like fighting and i've always had a tendency for violence, hence my amateur boxing in younger years. but i simply wouldnt do that to a girl. come on, no_man, i'm giving the benefit of a doubt that perhaps you didn't really think that comment through before you posted it and don't really mean all of it. she's on a hospital bed from getting a beating worse than any beating you may have received in your life, show some compassion, brother.
Part of the girl's skull had to be removed to relieve her brain swelling....
