Those are suited for kids that did it accidentally, and even those that did it intentionally, but their anger got the best of them, and they regretted doing the deed.

However, most of the times the trauma from taking a life is more destructive to a person than say being molested by an elder, having an abusive parent, or having a pedophile in the family. Although, the examples I provided could greatly provoke a person, in this case a child, to kill.

Usually, kids who are molested believe it's okay, or they believe they did something wrong, whereas with murder it's a widely known consensus that killing is wrong, and many psychologists tried to approach it in various ways, but the psyche is just never the same, and with kids showing no remorse after the fact, just as in this case, you aren't going to rehabilitate him.

I think that he was frustrated about the rising food prices and the fact that both hamburgers and fish and chips have gotten more expensive over the last years.

 Or, he could have learnt that when he was buying "fish and chips" he may not actually be buying cod, as it is much cheeper for companiesfor companies to advertise it as "fish", and sell some other kind of white fish. It's hard to taste the
difference, and due to the dieing out of the cod, using other fish is much cheaper.

@Famine, I was just trying to suggest possible solutions for people in this situation. I'm the kind of person who
never gives up hope on people, and I truely believe that rehabilitation is far better then any form of retribution. 

*grabs popcorn*

Hey, Etech is on another religious rampage! Sweet!

Hey, I'm with you, but studies and reports of a 100% recovery in cases such as these are minute and few.

There has been talk of maybe giving a a child electroconvulsive therapy in the case of having the child getting amnesia and forgetting what happened the past few weeks or month.

There are hurdles, however, such as is it the humane thing to do? If the kid forgets what he/she did, and what happened prior that may have caused them to commit murder, should they be in prison?

rocketpig this is boring.  Change the channel.

 Well, it's only humane if, when asked, they accept the treatment. If not, then I guess there really is no other option
 than retribution, however the death penalty should never be used, people can always change there mind at any time.