[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by angus58

I'm fed up with the argument that they were just kids. Yeah, kids who knew exactly what they were doing and which buttons to push, the cruel b*stards. They wanted a reaction, but unfortunately for them they got more than they bargained for. He was acquitted because it was done in the heat of the moment (not premeditated) when he was under intense emotional and psychological pressure so the jury made the correct decision. He probably entered a plea of temporary insanity, and you cannot indict somebody who is insane.

Regardless of what the kids were doing it doesn't justify beating their brains in with a weight and if it does then I fear for this country I really do. I could just BARELY understand if the teacher's life was in danger then it would be self defense but it wasn't. He was guilty of the crime in question (you don't accidently start screaming out 'die' while kicking the crap out of someone). The fact that he was provoked should not have been the difference between a conviction and an acquittal, it should have only affected how long he went down for. He could have served the time in a facility getting help if it was a case of temporary insanity. I'm not sure if you could get sectioned on an insanity plea but it's what should have happened here.

I do hope he gets sorted out though, because if he can be pushed that far once then it can easily happen again