THE PERILS OF BEING A MOUTHY TEENAGER

by Bob Walsh

There is definitely a downside to being a mouthy teenager. Somebody who has a gun handy might take offense.

Julie Schenecker, 57, had just about had it with her two teenage kids mouthing off at her. She says. Beau, age 13, and Calyx, 16, were shot to death by their mother while their father was stationed with the U. S. Army in Qatar. She shot her son Beau twice in the head with a .38 because he was being mouthy in the van on the way to soccer practice. She then drove home ($440,000 house) and shot her daughter Calyx. The girl, who was a track star, was at the time pounding on her computer. She also caught two in the face.

She shot the kids in 2011 and was convicted in 2014. She is now asking for a new trial. It took the original jury two hours to reject her insanity defense and find her guilty. She is now asserting that the finding was in error and wants a new trial because she was really, really and truly stark raving bonkers and shouldn't have to spend the rest of her life in prison just because she killed her kids. She is claiming inadequate defense by her public defender. There is no doubt that she actually committed the acts she is accused of.