There are more puns than not on here oh gawd...
But, I really didn't know about this till this thread...
Here's my analysis after reading some stuff online about it.
He was irrational, obviously. He did this out of rage, and he is a bad person... He first choked her, and then tried to throw her down the stairs, WHAT?! He is 16, he should know the damage that could cause, he did that on purpose, there is no accidents when you choke someone and then you THROW THEM. You heard me he threw her down the stairs, that could've easily killed her! He is a murder, there was no accident when you do what he did... He was her ex, which means there was anger in this, he tried to get in with her again but she turned him down. I don't know the whole back story about this relationship but I know that this was out of rage. And because that didn't end her, he stabbed her! With a knife.
Look at WHAT exactly he did. Throwing someone down the stairs, one has killed so many people. In shows and movies there has been incidents where people were killed by being thrown down a flight of stairs, he tried to do it, and that didn't work. You cannot say that pushing someone down the stairs was a accident, or maybe it can be but you know what you were doing and you were just being irrational. But, given that there is no timer for how long he choked her, before pushing her down the stairs I'm going to say that he did it for 5-10 seconds. That is easily enough time to let go, fall down on the floor crying and saying you're sorry, but rage engulfed him and he did NOTHING. Because of what he did before, choking her it is obvious what his intent was on, DEATH.
Next, let's see what he did next. He took a knife, from home. That upon it's self means he purposely brought a MURDER weapon to the school to KILL HER. You heard me FREAKING KILL HER AND HE DID! He stabbed her in the neck, and she died in the hospital. I my self actually carry scissors around with me at ALL times, but I doubt he truly that he carries a knife from home at all times, no he brought that to kill.
Now his punishment which is the worst thing of this all. After, obviously on the intent to kill AND KILLING SOMEONE, he was a murder in this and should be charged accordingly (349 months) minimum! But, as a juvenile he is going to the juvenile court and will be charged around 3 or 4 years...
There is hope, in this though. Connecticut is known for juveniles going into adult prisons, with 332 cases... I believe that he should be charged as a adult. People have, many times gone charged as a adult. 12 year old Christian was charged as a adult for 349 months and is still in prison currently. In 2009 he moved into the adult prison.
All this to me says he should be treated like a adult. He is 16, and should know that doing this is wrong. He had the intent to kill and was her ex so there was obvious hatred still there, the juvenile system some times can be decent, but usually it's bad, and in this case if he isn't charged like a adult, to me I believe a mistake was made. He should be treated like a adult, I believe 2nd degree murder is the most rational thing though, and I believe is the most that they'll get but that is fine, as long as he get's what he deserves.
To this, all I can say is I hope he get's what he deserves and the evidence, even if it's small can tell you that he needs more than juvenile court taking care of him...
Sorry, for being 'jokey' at first about this whole topic. This isn't a thing to joke about AT ALL.