If a kid...

[Oh_hunnihunni]

... say a preteen, brutalised by abuse and parental addictions, responds to an adult attack and kills a parent in defense of themself and a sibling, are they responsible for a criminal act? And if, as a result of that extended trauma they go on to more violence are they then responsible for that too?

Or are they so broken the community has no alternative but to put them down? Child, or not...