If someone wants to make the case this kid is worth salvaging, go ahead and make it. But on public policy grounds alone, I would be quite happy to see him spend the rest of his life in a small hole somewhere. And that’s me at my most lenient:

A Campobello teen is accused of raping one neighbor’s dog and another neighbor’s two little girls. Now the dog has died and charges against the teen have been upgraded.

Though something tells me that South Carolina juries aren’t the forgiving type when it comes to things like this — assuming he can be tried as an adult.