Very true.

This. I'm surprised she's 20 and not 16.

Bill Cosby is a creepy old man.

I NEVER SAID THEY DID, you moron. Read my comment. I am condemning the jury's decision. All I said was that 14 year-olds and kids around that age are in a legal grey area and can't be considered children but they can't be considered adults. How do you jump from that to me saying that this girl had any part in her own…

Are you moronic? Did I ever say she had any part in her abuse? I clearly condemned the jury's verdict. I just pointed out that it's not that black and white that a 14 year-old is a CHILD when the law also permits for that CHILD to be tried as an ADULT. And no, I'm not saying everyone here thinks it's ok for children…

Did you even read my comment with the intent to actually understand what I'm saying, rather than have a knee-jerk reaction because I'm not being sufficiently outraged for your tastes? I'm pointing out what I view as an inherent contradiction in the law. I even said that I think it's awful the jury reached the verdict…

It's too bad those koalas didn't scratch putin and tony abbott's faces off and give them the clap.

Yeah, I don't understand the sacred cow treatment she gets on Jezebel. I don't remember her being that big or significant either, and she made some pretty cheesy r&b. it's not like the world missed out on the next missy elliott or something.

Did I say anywhere that should be allowed? I simply pointed out that teenagers are in a grey area where they're not fully adults but at the same time you can't pretend they're innocent like little kids.

But if the point here is that their brains are different, then there shouldn't be exceptions because of the severity of a crime. Look, I'm not arguing that minors should be tried as adults, I think that's fucked up. But I think it's equally fucked up that the law wants to have it both ways, and be allowed to treat…

I don't either but that's beside the point. The justice system in this country does, but st the same time use contradictory laws and in other circumstances claims that same child is nothing more than an innocent child. Which is why I think teenagers are in a grey area and shouldn't be treated either like children nor…

What about the motherfucking jury of your motherfucking peers who were the ones that ultimately agreed with the lawyer's arguments?

Funny how that same argument is then thrown out the window when it's a case about a 14 year-old killing someone. Then they're adults and knew what they were doing. The fact that the law allows for both arguments, proves that jezziersson has a point and that it's not so black and white that a 14 year old is a "child"…

Lots of mentally unwell women don't kill their children but Andrea Yates did so I guess she doesn't deserve any sympathy or understanding either, right?

Exactly. I'm a total cat lady and would die if anything happened to my fur baby, but that shouldn't be a hinderance to rational thought.

She's obviously mentally unwell.

and how do we differentiate between those likely to act out violently and those who will create graphic "art" or fiction?

Or... it's possible the only reason a jury convicted him was because once the word 'cannibalism' was thrown around, all rational thought went out the window and there was no getting those 12 people to tell the difference between what was in the guy's mind and the crimes he actually committed (misuse of police…

Amazing.

I'm pretty sure it was a joke. You know, because of Jezebel's über earnestness and weird obsession with labelling everything cultural appropriation? The fact that you took it seriously and took the time to point out that Gilberto Valle is not white, is kind of amazing.