Encouraging others to do these kinds of acts by having joke punishments is not whats best for society.
Its not about giving the "deserved" punishment but about deterring others from even thinking about it.
"Hey Billy lets fuck that kid up"
"Umm I don't know... what if something bad happens, he falls and dies.."
"Cmon don't be such a wuss, whats the worst that could happen? Juvie and some "rehab" ?
It was an assault. Then probably manslaughter or 2nd degree murder depending on the situation, history, and intent. Kids will be kids and that certainly plays a role here but end of the day someones life was lost during a apparently unprovoked surprise attack.
A shame for sure that one so young is going to end up throwing the, at the very least, best years of his life away for such a stupid thing. The parents obviously raised the child horribly or/and the school did a horrible job identifying the problem before it happened and these parties might need some punishment too. It at least needs to be investigated.
But the worse thing is someone so young died over something so stupid and the kids poor parents that are dealing with it.
Because a justice system is not about revenge. I know this is a tough concept for Americans but it very simply is not.
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You are aware juvenile detention is prison for juveniles right and 13 year olds are juveniles and are in a juvenile prison. Rehabilitation and mental health is nothing new being that prisons are the largest providers of mental health.
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So what? If someone killed someone I love I’d want them dead. I wouldn’t want my wanting them dead to also be legally considered as part of anything because there should be a separation of vengeance and well justice. Justice is not making sure victims get vengeance.
Here is a simple question , what does society get by punishing children harshly as adults when they’re not adults and don’t think like adults. What scientific principal are you using to age up a 13 year old to 20? Do you think children should be allowed to have sex with adults. Drink smoke and go to war?
13 year old terrorists are strapped with bombs and told they’ll survive and some believe it and are used and killed. You fucking think an adult would think that way?
If juveniles are not in anyway physically an adult and easily manipulated and pressured why in the fuck would you treat them as an adult only if they commit a crime but for all other purposes they’re children?
How does society benefit by punishing them and make everyone pay taxes to care for what typically becomes a reformed person?
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And no one is arguing otherwise. @Themius just seems to be highlighting the portion of the sentence that deals with rehabilitation rather than the part that deals with the punishment, but they WILL be getting punished, justifiably so but that's not the only thing they'll be getting.
Edit: Didn't mean to quote the other person, sorry if you get a notification and don't see your post here.
Someone will have to translate it into English :P Steinbeck is the worst I've ever been asked to read in terms of trying to understand hte literal meaning of the words on the page, although I'll admit I've not read much Chaucer :P
Seriously though, I'll give it a whirl some time.
You treat them as an adult because their actions were so heinous that's the only suitable punishment. It doesnt matter if they could or couldnt comprehend. They took someone's life in a malicious manner and destroyed the lives of that persons loved ones. Their actions should land them 40 years, 5 spent in juvie if that makes you feel better.
Society doesnt benefit from alienating the decent people that lost a child just to try and cater to two animals that will probably never be anything more no matter what you try to do with them.
Sociopathy is not a good thing. What you are asking for would serve no one, except create couple of crazies later on.
Hypocrisy, as is usual on the internet. After all, just look at Greta - "A 16 year old does not know anything and is just a kid!". Then you have this, and suddenly they are on the level of adults...
So 13 year olds should be able to freely have sex since it is an adult act right? What a crock of shit “children are just children with brains not fully developed so if they do a crime they’re now adults!” Is a dumb argument.
Also violence IS LITERALLY MORE PREVALENT IN ADOLESCENTS than in adults. So saying violent actions are adult actions is just some random shit that holds no weight. Teens are more impulsive and have lower executive functions hence criminality is at the height in teen years. So actually “violence” and such are very much the actions of a young brain not an adult one. Why the fuck do you think violence is an adult act when it is MOST PREVALENT IN ADOLESCENCE?
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Look at Moador who magically thinks violence makes a teen an adult because they view violence as an adult act when criminality and violence is actually more common among adolescents so... it is very much a teen act. Yet nooo it is arbitrarily adult against all fucking science and stats.
I didnt say anything about magic. Your arguement Is also really poor. I remember being 13 and I remember my 13 year old friends. None of us had body counts. We all knew there would be consequences for stuff we did. I'm sure it's the same for the vast majority of people.
But ignorance of consequences doesnt excuse you from them. Justice is these boys in prison till late adulthood