Daily News article: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/boy-13-accused-killing-2-year-old-brother-youngest-florida-inmate-awaiting-trial-article-1.1161131?pgno=2

Christian Fernandez has seen and endured a full life of pain and destruction in his 13 years of life. Born to a 12 year old mother, a victim of sexual assault, and a drug addicted grandmother he had little chance to start his life “normal.” His mother was a child. She couldn’t protect herself. She couldn’t protect him. Instead, he had a life of sexual and violent assault against him. Adults who were to protect him hurt him. He didn’t know a life of love, of emotion, of care. That became all to apparent when he sexually assaulted his younger brother and killed his 2 year old brother. He doesn’t express emotion when asked about things regarding emotion, he says, “you have to suck it up and get over it.” He has lived, in 13 years, only a life of pain and hurt. No one protected him. No one showed him that’s what you’re supposed to do – protect your family. He, instead, was shown how to hurt his family. How to take advantage of them, how to beat them, how to assault them, how to show no mercy, and no love.

Now, at 13, he faces the potential of life behind bars. Someone like him should not be on the streets. He doesn’t know how to care about anyone, not even himself. Prison however, will do nothing for him except harden him more. At 13, you should be given a chance at life – a life he never had a real chance at.

sad for this boy (and his victims),
notjustmythoughts