Except part of Freddy's backstory is that the courts couldn't actually convict him of any crimes, so an angry mob of parents burned him alive. Theoretically, Freddy could actually be innocent, and that's why he wasn't convicted, not any sort of legal "technicality". But the neighborhood parents, driven to hysteria by all the recent child murders, refuse to believe this, and set him on fire anyway. After a decade or so as a ghost, still suffering from the burn wounds he received while alive, it's understandable if he goes a little batty.
Early reports actually set this was to be explored in the 2009 remake but they evidently changed their minds.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."
I'm here for our date, Rose!
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I'd read the earliest draft of the script. He was still guilty in it, but the question of whether he was or not drove the plot a lot more.
Yay. They're making a remake. It's gonna suck. Yaaaaay.
Invert the concept this time around.
Have a group of burned teenagers in comas who can psychically project into the waking world crack jokes and terrorize an innocent janitor.
The plot should have Freddy get his powers from the Dream Demons, but it is a secret test to see if he can redeem himself and be the Dream World's guardian. That way, they can cash in on the superhero craze and start the Slasher Film Shared Universe.
"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."
Meh.
Your momma's so dumb she thinks oral sex means talking dirty.