Quincy Herald Whig http://qui.live.mediaspanonlinen.com/rss/ Quincy Herald Whig en-us Murder trial brings cutting-edge science into forefront A DEFENSE attorney in California plans to argue in court that a 14-year-old client should not be tried as an adult because the brains of teens have not yet matured enough to make them fully responsible for bad actions. Brandon McInerney is charged with fatally shooting 15-year-old Larry King as the two were in English class at the E.O. Green School in Oxnard, Calif., on the morning of Feb. 12. McInerney is charged with first-degree murder and local prosecutors will ask that he be tried as an adult. On their side of the case, prosecutors say they have evidence that McInerney planned the fatal attack by taking a gun to school. William Quest who is defending McInerney argues that the teen was not capable of forming intent, basically because his brain -- and the brains of most teens -- try to process too many conflicting signals. http://qui.live.mediaspanonline.com/new_story/Editorial----THURS2008-05-08T06-21-13