The fact that he himself pled guilty to the chargres, I don't think he knew what to say. One would expect him to deny the charges. That's usually the normal thing a defendant would do.

Being that this boy still has his whole life ahead of him, yes, of course I'm going to defend him. I don't like what he did, no, but I think that he suffers from some type of disorder.

I've worked with many children, including teenagers, and I think I know a little bit about what goes on in their minds. Some of them were going to do some pretty serious and dangerously violent crimes, or in their cases, mistimeanors. After talking to me and getting some advice from me, they felt and thought better of themselves and didn't think about what they planned to do at all. They thanked me very wholeheartedly.

By law, what the boy did was totally evil, violent and unacceptable, but I can feel his pain and hurt. He seemingly was rejected at home and didn't get the attention and help that he should have gotten back then.

Now that he committed this horrible crime, the system has made it widely known that he's been tagged as a young madman, a very dangerous individual and a violent sexual predator / rapist and is a child molester. It should not have gotten this far. There has to be a reason why young boys his age and even younger end up committing such evil violent crimes. One answer could be that they are neglected at home, and any strange behavior that they might have falls on deaf ears.

The fact that he's had problems in the past was already a gray area - a sign that he would one day erupt and go completely berserk and seriously maim someone. Guess that day had come on November 11, 2005.