It's always someone else's fault. The school, the bullies, the parents, the bullies, the bus company, the foster parent, Doom, DFYS/OCS. Pretty typical of this reporter, actually. She's known for trashing OCS, all while writing a piece that tries to humanize and engender sympathy for a murderer.

If he has matured and developed remorse, that's great. But it doesn't change anything. It doesn't bring his victims back or take away the hurt he inflicted on so many lives. If his traumatic childhood really was at the root of that, his brain is undoubtedly irreparable damaged. That's sad. He probably never had a chance. But most people with terrible childhoods don't resort to this sort of thing. It's no excuse.

People say they want safe schools. People say they want to reduce or eliminate bullying. And yet the tail wags the dogs and schools no longer want to discipline badly behaving students. Guess who suffers as a result?