Tia wonders why her family has abandoned her. Uh,…Tia? Aren’t you forgetting something?
“It’s been rough. It’s hard losing your whole family in a blink of an eye. It’s tough because that’s my family; they’re supposed to stay by you through thick and thin.”
—– Tia Skinner, a teenager serving life in prison for plotting a home invasion attack that killed her father and seriously injured her mother, who was stabbed 25 times.
That’s right, Tia: it’s your family’s fault.
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Pointer: James Taranto
Facts and Graphic: Detroit Free Press
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On this one, Jack, we agree.
Will she plead for clemency because she almost became an orphan?
Who wants to bet she went to public school?
Who wants to bet that she likes ice cream?
ehh hemm… we went to the same school actually and I turned out quite fine. I have a full time job and I didn’t stab neither of my parents.
Those are certainly my benchmarks of success—have a job, and don’t kill your parents. Congratulations.