Someone has to take responsibility. And it should be the teenager. If his parents take responsibility for him, the kid isn't learning a thing. I know he's 15.. I went to jail and mental institution housing when i was 14-15, and a couple more times as well. But I'm over it now. I also never came close to KILLING anyone. I've been locked up for much less. I believe he deserves 25 years, and whatever beatings ensue or jailhouse bull-shit where he accumulates more charges brings. He can rot in jail. If he were in Texas, would the death penalty still apply to a 15 year old? Or would they imprison him until he is of age, and then off him? I believe he deserves a long time in a cage, and then death.