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Oct 11, 2008

Grounded Teen Gets 25 to Life for Mom's Murder

Rachael Mullenix, the Huntington Beach teenager who conspired with her love-struck boyfriend to murder her mother and dump the slashed body into Newport Harbor, expressed only grudging and limited remorse Friday as a judge sentenced her to 25 years to life in prison.

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Ah the old teenage games. We've all been there. Girl meets boy, they fall in love and conspire to murder their parents and dump their bodies in the harbor. Oh to be so young and innocent... Some things never change.

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the youth of the nation

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Her new life as a teen *lesbian is just starting.

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It amazes me how many teenagers (and young adults) today truely believe it is all about them with no clue as to how much a parent sacrifices to raise them and keep them safe. She belongs in prison for life - she seriously needs a reality check. She was probably spoiled rotten until it was to late to change what was created.
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This behavior is a direct reflection of today's society.
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I'm gonna hide if she don't leave me alone
I'm gonna run away
Don't!!
'cause you can never go home anymore
SPOKEN: Listen. Does this sound familiar? You wake up every morning, go to
school every day, spend your nights on the corner just passing the time away.
Your life is so lonely like a child without a toy. Then a miracle-a boy. And that's
called "glad." Now my mom is a good mom and she loves me with all her heart.
But she said I was too young to be in love and the boy and I would have to part.
And no matter how I ranted and raved, I screamed, I pleaded, I cried-she told me it
was not really love but only my girlish pride. And that's called "bad."
(Never go home anymore)
SPOKEN: Now if that's happened to you, don't let this. I packed my clothes and
left home that night. Though she begged me to stay, I was sure I was right. And
you know something funny?? I forgot that boy right away. Instead I remember
being tucked in bed and hearing my mama say
(Hush, little baby, don't you cry)
(Mama won't go away)
Mama!!!
(You can never go home anymore)
Mama!!!
I can never go home anymore
SPOKEN: Do you ever get that feeling and wanna kiss and hug her? Do it now-
tell her you love her. Don't do to your mom what I did to mine. She grew so lonely
in the end. Angels picked her for a friend.
(Never)
And I can never go home (never) anymore
And that's called "sad."
I HOPE THAT THIS SONG is played 24 hours a day, piped into her cell until one fateful morning she wakes up screaming, remembering what she has done. It might take awhile. No remorse? He regret? Wait until you are forty and still rotting away.
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To few of them are punished enough. I hope she is never paroled early. Her kind would kill again.

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Tim John wrote:
This behavior is a direct reflection of today's society.
People have been saying "today's society" is bad for millennia.

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Were the kids on any psychotropic drugs at anytime? The mental health in prescribing the toxic medication may have contributed to the erratic thinking and cause of murder.

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Brad Welch wrote:
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People have been saying "today's society" is bad for millennia.
It truly is getting worse, there is absolutely a lack of respect for parents in a big big way. I'm not sure who to blame anymore, the parents, the society, the power taken away from the parents to really disclipine anymore. It's a damn shame. Well, at least she isn't grounded anymore...err wait~
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Brad Welch wrote:
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People have been saying "today's society" is bad for millennia.
And things have been going steadily downhill since 1008!

“If you believe it, stand by it”

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Brad Welch wrote:
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People have been saying "today's society" is bad for millennia.
That's right, blame "society." In the general sense there is merit in what you say. But the fact of the matter is that "WE" are society. While most of us, no matter how hard the task may be, do all we can to instill the proper values in our children. And we allow other responsible people in our society to help us do that. It is a shame that we never hear about the 80% who grow up and become productive citizens. We hear about the ones who grow up and become our leaders and we hear about the ones who commit horrible acts against our society. But when do we ever hear about those who are somewhere in between?....Yeah, you know them, the mainstream Americans. Whether they be rich or poor, white, black, brown, yellow, green, or blue they are the lifeblood of America.
Every time I hear a story like that of Rachael Mullenix I am saddened. But I am also thankful for the many others of her generation who will go to become "mainstream Americans."
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Parents spoil and spoil. "I want them to have everthing I couldn't," they say. until your 13 year old is giving you your first grand child. is strung out on drugs. robbing you blind. or in this case slitting your throat in your sleep because you finally said "no" to one of their demands. we should only give kids what they need and make them earn anything more
So sad

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We are so in trouble with this children going to run this country. They have no respect, love, truth, honor, everything is just been given to them.
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LOL, I'm only surprised that more moms don't get thrown under the bus and that more dads don't get their ask beat down.
It takes awhile for kids to open their eyes and realize what selfish, pathological deviants their parents were.
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Well, so much for that gene pool. Possible lessons: The mom probably didn't watch "Nanny 911" or she gave her daughter psychotropic drugs so she could be grow up to be like the homicidal school shooters.
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I feel so bad for her family. As a mother, I would die inside if I were to find out my own child had planned something like this against me. If her mother had grounded her and was still attempting to discipline this girl, she must have cared about her daughter. Not only major disappointment but also the ultimate betrayal.

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Now she's grounded and jailed! Talk about a double-whammy!
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The product of a broken home, an allegedley abusive mother and plenty of positive reinforcement from her father I would say. Not to mention being an evil little bitch. Grounded for life. How bout that.
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I'm not married and don't have children. I see alot of my friends who are working two jobs, moms are working. They all want to keep up with the Jonses'. Kids have everything they could possibly want. And there kids are all angels, when they get in trouble the parents are in denial. Little Johnny wouldn't do that. Its always the friend who is to blame.

Any way, I don't think in some cases the parents are around enough for the kids. They get distanced from them and the kids take on a fend for myself attitude. I ask myself all the time, what would my friends kid want more, that new video game or to spend a weekend with his dad. Which would be the greater gift to the child? Of course in the present for the child it would be the video game, but in the long run the weekend with dad is the much better gift.

Kids are also facing more pressures then we faced as youngsters. They are bombarded with doomsday messages on the news, gas shortages, wars, banks foreclosing, global warming.

Just some random thoughts from a clutterd mind.
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