Should he be tried for 1st-degree?

Smoking crack instead of prenatal vitamins ought to be sufficient for her execution.

Demetrius is also the name of a character in at least two plays by William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream and Titus Andronicus In a Midsummer Night's Dream, he was previously in love with Helena, and then fell for Hermia, and became engaged under Hermia's father's command. Hermia does not wish to marry Demetrius, so she runs off with Lysander one night. Under Helena's directing in hoping to win him back, she tells him where they are going. Demetrius follows them into the forest with Helena trailing behind. At first, he abuses Helena but in the end loves her. He is the only character permanently affected by the magical flower.

 

It was easier to spell than 'UNKNOWN'

 

This took a turn to the foul and stupid.
At 13, there's no way he could form the requisite intent necessary for a 1st degree charge. However, in Florida, who the hell knows?

 

OH, Balls. If you don't think a 13 year old knows the difference between killing someone and not killing someone, you've never been experienced middle school.

How he should be held accountable is different from whether of not he should be held accountable.

 

I'm fairly sure the mother wasn't aware of the connection between the name Demetrius and Shakespeare.

 

There is no way a 13-year old can form the requisite legal intent to sustain a charge of 1st degree murder. Unless you get the judge hammered, that is. Of course, the kid in question is unwhite, so that probably squares things.

 

If this happened in Canada, they would refer to the Young Offenders Act...oh wait, who am I kidding, the youth laws don't even work like they are supposed to in Canada. Look at all the youth violence taking place in Halifax.

 

Seriously, if the 13-year-old was really that worried about a freakin' dessert, he either has real mental issues and/or was brought up in one screwed-up household that must has some nifty punishments.

Heartbreaking all around.