Kip Kinkel vs. State of Oregon: Teenage Violence Should Be Punished

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Kip Kinkel vs. State of Oregon: Teenage violence should be punished Kip Kinkel vs. State of Oregon: Teenage violence should be punished Kip Kinkel, at the age of 15 shot and killed both of his parents. The next day he went on a shooting rampage at Thurston High School and shot 28 students, two of whom died from their injuries. Tried as an adult, Kinkel was convicted of four counts of murder and 26 counts of attempted murder (Oregon Court of Appeals, 2002). In the case State of Oregon V. Kip Kinkel, the appellate court of Oregon reviewed Kinkel’s case in order to determine whether his sentence should be reduced. Judge Haselton made a sound decision in leaving Kinkel’s sentence the same. The document describes the defender and respondent of the case as well as their affiliates with them on their briefs. It also describes the crimes that the defendant was convicted of. Kinkel, a freshman at Thurston High School, was arrested on May 20th for possession of a handgun. After being released later that day, Kinkel returned home and shot his father in the head. Soon after shooting his father, he called one of his friends and a teacher at school and “sounded calm and collected.” When his mother came home later that afternoon, Kinkel shot her six times with a pistol. The next day, he went to school armed with three semi-automatic weapons and began shooting in the cafeteria. He shot 28 people, two of whom passed away (Oregon Court of Appeals, 2002). “It was his plan to die,” says Kinkel’s sister, “He was going to wait for the police to shoot him on scene” (Mobley, 2004). Kinkel waived the insanity plea and was convicted of four counts of murder and 26 counts of attempted murder; he was sentenced to 111 years and eight months in incarceration. The police searched his house and discovered a collection of weapons and books about making bombs. Kip was found to be fascinated

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