Who Didn't See This Coming?

Call me a cynic, but I suspected this would be the case from jumpstreet. At this point, it is unclear whether she actually knew about her sweetheart's plans to murder her parents, but I wouldn't be surprised. The whole story reminds me of Charles Starkweather and Caril Fugate's infamous murder spree. It is amazing how dumb and naive kids can be. These two would most likely have broken up in a few months (and I suspect they won't be 'together' for long now). Instead they have destroyed their young lives forever. And let's not forget that both these young people are kids. Sure, legally, the boyfriend is considered an adult, and many people are coming out and saying, "He was too old to be dating a fourteen year old girl; he is a grown man." Thinking back on my own 18th birthday, I have to say I don't recall any amazing change coming over me that made me any more intelligent or mature than I had been before. In fact, I probably felt dumber than I did the day before. Of course, that might be because I was enduring Marine Corps bootcamp in South Carolina during Hurricane Hugo. Upon getting the heck outta there (joining the Corps was one of my bad teenaged decisions; not that the Corps is bad, it just wasn't right for me) and returning to civilian life, I remember that nothing was different except I wasn't in high school anymore. It wasn't even an election year so I could exercise my new right to vote. Meanwhile people are already tossing around discussion of the death penalty in this case. I think because of the questionable maturity of young adults at that age, there should be some little wiggle room allotted. We'll just have to wait and see how this pans out.