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Two fifth-graders face trial in alleged Washington murder plot
So SAD......
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Two Washington state fifth-grade boys, accused in a foiled plot to rape and kill a girl and kill or harm six other classmates, will stand trial as juveniles, a prosecutor said on Friday.
Stevens County Prosecutor Tim Rasmussen said the boys, 11 and 10, pleaded not guilty during an arraignment on Friday over the alleged murder-rape plot that also targeted other children in Colville, Washington, about 215 miles east of Seattle.
One of the boys wanted the girl dead because "she's rude and always made fun of me and my friends," according to court documents.
"There are very few prosecutions of a crime of this magnitude with boys of this age," Rasmussen told Reuters.
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51378090/ns/us_news/t/two-fifth-graders-face-trial-alleged-washington-murder-plot/#.UVeTs1dfaSp