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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think you get to foment a lynch mob that doesn’t respect that we have a functioning legal system to address such tragedies, and then call out other people as monsters.[/quote]

A lynch mob? You are beyond dramatic. The Meades and others have a right to express their opinion that justice wasn’t served. You don’t get to decide that all the decisions that were made were the right ones and everyone should just shut up and be happy. I wonder if you are a friend of the boy’s family (which by the way, people know their names and everyone is protecting their privacy - hardly lynch mob behavior).[/quote]

While posts get deleted when you start trying to doxx you still have a lynch mob mentality that betrays a lack of respect for our legal system. The community could not have done more to recognize their pain and share in their grief but now they’ve turned into ugly, vengeful vigilantes. [/quote]

You’re deranged. They’re no more fomenting a lynch mob than you are. (Hint:neither are-both are criticizing. The difference is you are criticizing the grieving reactions and opinions of a bereft  family and they are criticizing the work product of a public official. ) [/quote]

One is rational. The other is not. [/quote]

Again, YOU don’t get to decide that the decisions made were the correct ones. Judges and CAs aren’t infallible, they make bad decisions all.the.time. I love that you “respect the legal system” so much and think that it is always right. You must love the recent ruling out of Texas where the judge is trying to limit access to abortion/miscarriage drug mifepristone for the WHOLE COUNTRY by overturning an FDA approval of 20 years. You respect that decision, right?[/quote]

Rational/irrational isn’t about being right/wrong. And there are also irrational decisions made within the judicial system.

In this case, the CA/judge rationally followed guidelines which were established to take emotion/bias out of these decisions.

This kid made a huge mistake with lethal consequences. But it wasn’t premeditated or even intentional. And his punishment wasn’t out of line from similar cases. He isn’t an exception here.

You could make him the poster boy for systemwide change, but you’ll need to change your message. 
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You’re interpretation, to me, is through rose-colored glasses. The guidelines are precisely that:  guidelines designed ultimately to leave prosecutorial discretion with prosecutors. [b]The CA has shown she will not charge any minor as an adult. Many people are rightfully asking they if not in this instance, when?[/b]

The CA made an intentional charging decision. A charging decision that boxed in the judge. She’s now hiding behind very carefully crafted lawyer speak hoping people like you will gloss over her decision as if she had no choice in the matter. She is strongly hoping that the voting public will ignore that it was her discretion she exercised in the charging decision.  She does this enough, and she’ll set her movement back.  [/quote]

Maybe when she gets a case that actually meets the criteria.

This wasn’t a premeditated or even an intentional murder. 
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The law provides that the offender could have been charged as an adult because he was over 14 and he committed a felony. That it wasn’t premeditated or intentional IS A FACTOR in exercising discretion to not charge as an adult. That he was under the influence of multiple controlled substances after having been to rehab and driving 93 MPH resulting in the death of another minor IS A FACTOR IN FAVOR of exercising discretion and charging as an adult. The CA weighed the factors and exercised her prosecutorial discretion to not charge as an adult. Nonetheless, every element required under the law to charge as an adult was met. Stop acting like this wasn’t 100% her sole choice or that some guideline wasn’t met when it clearly was.

That the judge was boxed in on sentencing is totally derivative of the CA’s charging decision and he explained as much according to other posters in this thread.

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Yes, the person posting over and over again defending this rich druggie kid is either with the CA’s office or a friend of the family of said rich druggie. Too bad they were such bad parents that a good kid had to lose his life over their enabling.[/quote]

You do realize what you’re posting makes no sense, right?  You want to conflate everyone who has respect for the legal system into one set of “bad parents” in order to make yourself feel better about your own unhinged, irrational hatred. [/quote]

I have an indirect connection to the Meades and don’t know the defendant/CA at all. But I can still recognize hurting families who are lashing out and making irrational comments. I can also recognize the timing with elections.  
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