Also, not sure if this is relevant enough or not, but IIRC from reading the article, the kid that got killed was 13. The four were between the ages of 11-15. I remember in high school, there were some guys at 15 north of 200 lbs that could *single-handedly* put a hurting on just about any 62 yr old out there, but I digress.

Something else I just thought of, all 4 of them were in the process of committing felonies (whether it be burglary, criminal trespassing, whatever). If this had happened in Florida, the 3 of them could have been charged with felony murder, which carries a mandatory life in prison sentence. Not sure how the fact that they were minors would play into it, but they'd probably escape that. Just something to consider (not that I'm at all suggesting these kids deserve life in prison).