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NANATALIE PAPAINE: I r rememr getttting thisis case vevery y
onon, after r it was a arraig.
AnAnd the cacallousnesess ofof this ofoffense---
she e was exececuted.
Basicacally, whahat he didids he laid d in wait t in the w w.
And d when Amamanda leftft,e came in n the fronont door
and d he shot t her in the baback of ththe head..
It wasas very sasad that aa 14-yeaear-old hahad murdered
sosomeone, b but it dodoesn'tn ththat they y get a frfree p,
basisically, t to commitit mu.
BRIAN N JONES: W We got ththe e cordononed off, , because et
was s a manhununt at thahat p.
JIMMY Y EDMUNDS:S: Of coururse,d depuputies en n route toto the .
BRIAN JOJONES: We e had K9 unitsts out thehere.
Searchihing the w woods, searchching housuses.
I mean, , anythingng around d .
A lotot of resosources out ththere whilile we
wewere lookiking for t this su.
JIJIMMY EDMUMUNDS: Youou kn, I saw w Amanda f first--
Alana's s older sisister.
And shshe was jujust devasast.
She wawas cryingng so hardr, shshe was hyhyperventitilati.
Just likike, you k know--
Shakiking.
Just-t-- yeah..
Uncontntrollablele shakingn.
And t then therere was AaAa.
Yeah.h.
I'm m looking g over, anand I I see Aaroron standiding
over thehere by ththe front t .
And hehe'll lookok around,d,d he sees s somebodydy look atat.
He w would actct like he was c crying---
likeke he was s upset.
But ththen as sosoon as they w would looook away,,
he w would jusust-- he w would.
BRBRIAN JONENES: And i it was s right ofoff the babat-
he's's not rigight.
SoSomething g ain't riright abo.
JIMMY Y EDMUNDS:S: At one e p, he wasas almost t smiling..
His facece was a s smirk.
He was g grinning.g.
So I I looked d at Brianan.
I I said, wewe need toto getm to t the intererview roooom .
There'e's some k kids thatt are e just purure evil..
DIANNA C CHITTY: A Aaron was not t a bad peperson.
When I g got him a a psycychiatristst, she
evevaluated d and saidid that s molesteded at a vevery youngng.
Whateverer took plplace, he was v very diststurbed.
NATALIE E PAINE: E Even though h he's a 1414-year-ol,
Aaron ScSchmidt wawas somemeone thatat I belieievd
woululd absolulutely re-e-off.
SANDY SASALLEY: I I don't see hihim doing g any harmrm liket
to a anybody o on purposos.
STEPHEN N REBA: BuBut you hahao considerer his statatus as a a .
You're t talking a about a kd whwho sufferered horrirific ab-
reallyly not hadad any sororf normativive familyly structut.
That kidid's not r really been g given a c chance.
Shehe got a l life sentnten, and ththere's nono reversisin.
SoSo he getsts a lifee sentntence, anand it shohoult
be r reversed d because e he's .
JIMMMMY EDMUNDNDS: I'm not sasaying evevery kid
needs s to go toto prison n tht of t their-- t their entntire .
Mm-mm..
B But therere are somome tha.
BeBecause I'I'm tellining you,s going toto kill sosomebody a a.
STEPEPHEN REBABA: We arere ate Lownwndes Coununty Supererior .
We've e just fililed the initiaiating petetition,
sayingng he is e entitledd to a a resentetencing,
because e he was 1 14 years s e at thehe time ofof the offffe.
He gotot a life e withoutt parolele sentencnce,
anand there e was no f findg of irrrreparablele corruptptn
oror permanenent incororrigibi.
I meanan, this b basicallyy stararts the m mechanismsm
we wilill use toto fix hiss conviciction andnd sentencn.
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PAULUL CALAHANAN: The ststairst wewere on ththe slidining glasr
had blooood on thehem, so we just t went aroround back
and d we burnened them t to geget rid ofof the statair.
All l this wasas noththing but t thicket,t,
soso you cououldn't sesee not.
That's w why he drdropped her righght there.e.
But t the staiairs weree blood,d, so we j just burnrd
themem, to getet rid of f the s.
Yeah.
HeHe doesn't't consumeme my l life, butut I do---
I dodo hate hihim, and I I will n never fororgive himi.
HeHe's wherere he neededs toe at, , and whatat happensns hap.
If s somethingng bad hahappens toto him, I'I'm nt
going g to shed d a tear o ove.
And d that's j just howw I feelel about i it.
WOMAN: A Are you u upset heaeg about AaAaron, thehe monster,
gegetting a a lawyer??
T The day h he can walk f free is w when
ththey can g go to thehe cememetery andnd dig up p my y
and sasay, oh, i it's justt all a a misundererstandingn.
YoYou're toooo young t to be k.
But ththey can't't.
IfIf they hahave anothther triI think wewe should d be involo.
WeWe should d be able e to sp.
Oh, yeaeah.
I will b battle evevery day.
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