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Three shotas accused of kidnapping and rape of slightly older loli.
Ackworth, GA -- Three boys accused in the alleged kidnapping and rape of an 11-year-old girl were in Cobb County Juvenile Court on Monday afternoon. Labels: crime drama, local news, loli, raep, shota
The courtroom was packed with relatives. The small boys were in blue jail jumpsuits, their hands in restraints.
The youngest, an 8-year-old, his blonde hair in a bowl cut, had bags under his eyes. One of the 9-year-old boys sat with his elbows on the defense table. The other 9-year-old boy sat back in a chair, dwarfed by his attorney.
Reporters were allowed into the courtroom briefly to make arguments for access to the hearing. Prosecutors and defense attorneys argued the media was not allowed. Presiding Judge A. Gregory Poole found the law did not permit media access to the hearing.
The boys, ages 8 and 9, were arrested by Acworth police Sunday night. They are accused of raping an 11-year-old playmate, said Capt. Wayne Dennard.
Dennard said the alleged rape occurred Thursday. It was reported to police late Saturday night, he said.
The girl told investigators that she had been playing with the boys earlier. The three boys "pulled her into wooded area, where one of the boys raped her."
The boys were taken into custody late Sunday.
The age of the alleged participants presents prosecutors with inherent difficulties in handling the case.
"We have a lot of conflict about how to treat younger juvenile offenders," said state Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver (D-Decatur) who is involved with a state bar association drafting proposed revisions as to how juveniles are treated under criminal law.
"Research tell us that children as young as 8 and 9 do not have sufficient capacity to form criminal intent, in the way adults do," she said.
How the alleged crime is viewed, whether the suspects should be treated as juveniles or adults, is particularly problematic for alleged sex offenders.
"The younger the child is and the more horrible the facts, the more confused our policies are" said Oliver, a lawyer. Dennard said the victim and the boys live in "close proximity" to each other.
The boys are being held at the Marietta Regional Youth Detention Center. They are charged with rape, kidnapping, false imprisonment and sexual assault.
"I have never seen anything like this," Dennard said.
(Ed note: They're seriously thinking of trying boys 8 and 9 years old as adults? Jesus H. Christ what the hell? If you've been here long enough, you know my philosophies on how children are sexual creatures and should be taught things earlier than even most liberals believe they should be.
You can't have it both ways! You can't say they are young, they are innocent, they should never hear the word sex until they're 18 -- and then go and try to make them into adults when you need to prosecute a case. It's outrageous.
If these boys are guilty of what they are accused of, and I had heard some reports that the girl was "bragging" about what had happened so all the fact are far from being in, the absolute worst case is they be held in protective custody with counseling until they are 16 or so. And I don't mean shitty counseling where they'll end up just being worse criminals within the system either. I mean something legit. But the likelihood of that happening is probably not very good.)
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