i think Those guys got what they Deserved They should be in jail for life! I hope that kid recovers soon!

It's hard to overstate how screwed up this is, or how screwed up a person has to be to do something like this. However, it's nearly as hard to overstate how screwed up a person is to take a story about a kid getting burns over eighty percent of their body and attempting to twist it in order to argue a personal or political agenda.

Kids these days. . . I blame Disney and Grand Theft Auto.

These juveniles do not experience reality. For community service put them on emergency vehicles that respond to emergencies. Let them experience the adult emotions that respond to these crisises. The Shriners are an example. Take them to burn units. They live in a fantasy world where they just punch go and it's another life.

Wow I have kids.
People are so fucked up some times.

hey fall out boy dummie,did you see anything in the article that said what color the boys were?if it did i sure missed it,and yes blacks are far more apt to commit this kind of crime,but this is pure evil and the boys involved should be given all the law can give!

That's effed up they should be tried as adults I mean come on why didn't they talk with the boy's father if the kid owed them money for a video game? someone owed me 30 bucks for a game I spoke with the parents and problem solved and I didn't ignite anyone in fire.I bet they even thought it sounded like a good idea at the time(judging from their apparent retardation).

These kids were old enough to know better. We are taught very young that murder is wrong, and fire is deadly. I have to wonder though, what could their parents have been telling(or not telling) them to make them think this behavior was ok? Weren't there warning signs? Jesus! I have kids, this is scarey and so sad! This is why kids need a good old fashined spanking.

these idiots should be tried as adults i mean come on! setting someone on fire for snitching?! if they didn't want him to snitch they shoudn't have done that in the first place!

ITS PUNKS LIKE THESE WHO ARE EVERY PARENTS NIGHTMARES...WE HAVE TO ABOUT KIDS FIGHTING OVER A STUPID GAME OR ANY STUPID REASON AND START BURNING, STABBING, SHOOTING EACH OTHER WHATS THE WORLD COMING 2 BACK IN THE DAY WE USE 2 MEET BEHIND THE MCDONALDS. THESE LITTLE PRICKS NEED 2 BE TRIED AS ADULTS AND PAY 4 WHAT THEY DID, THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND THEN LAUGHED ABOUT IT LIKE ANIMALS THEY SHOULD BE CAGED UP...THE POOR VICTIMS LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME

Come on people---where's the usual race-related garbage bantered about as when a BLACK CHILD breaks the law? Where's the 'THOSE PEOPLE" remarks? Where's the "welfare causes criminality" observations? Where's the "now they'll claim racism caused them to do it" slander? Where are the "Country music led them to commit this foul deed"? There's a GIANT DOUBLE-STANDARD when it comes to crime----BLACKS commit a crime and its an indictment of the whole race. White commit far worse crimes and its only a "few bad apples".

Q: What's the difference between being a black drug addict and a white drug addict. The white one is named RUSH LIMBAUGH and has a radio show. The black drug addict is in prison. DOUBLE STANDARD! Rush should have been jailed just like a black heroin addict would have been (and are). In fact Rush preached for the imprisonment of drug offenders on his show. Of course he meant "THOSE drug addicts"...(blacks)" rather than his hypocritical self. DOUBLE STANDARD!

Blacks comprise about 48% of the prison poluation yet only about 13% of the US population. WHY? RACIST DOUBLE STANDARDS! WHen a black kid does something, no expense is spared to punish the offender. White kids get probatio. The criminal INJUSTICE system , by default, protects kids with light skin.

Damn! You are so racist!

Sick, sad sh*t!

Very sad. The guilty children seem to have a mob/gang mentality. Hustling, stealing, retaliation.
"One of them arrested today seems genuinely sorry about it." If only he really thought about it sooner.
Hopefully the victim survives his recovery.

When did people today get to the point of no remorse? When did life become so meaningless? I send my condolences to the victim and his family.

a few seconds of laughter ? a Life time of tears.

Personally, I am pretty sick and tired of hearing about these types of activities by the youth of today. I agree that the perpetrators should be tried as ADULTS and the charges should reflect the severity of the crime. In addition, I feel punshment should be similar to what the GOOD BOOK dictates; eye for an eye, tooth for tooth. If more punishments were metered out in this form, I think you would see less of these types of activities. People of this nature tend to hide behind the safety net of the ACLU and other bleeding heart liberal organizations. I would not be a bit surprised if the NAACP and the Rev Al and Rev Jesse would be stepping in on this one to help protect the perps. These perps need to be put in jail w/o possibility of parole. They must have shit for brains. I think there should be charges of some type brought against the parents of these perps also. Minimally contributing to the delinquincy of a minor and remove them from the home due to unfit parents. I'd say they are not fit members of society so they need to go, permanently!! They are lucky, and so am I, they do not live in my neighborhood. PUNKS, all of them! Do ya feel lucky, PUNK? Well do ya??

I heard about that at school. Its horrible that those kid's minds work like that!

They should be tried as adults.