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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am outraged. Yes, I feel empathy for the victims but a 15 year old is not an adult. They texted the victims that night asking if they were okay. They deserved to be punished but it is outrageous that teens who made terrible choices partly because they are teens and lack the ability to think as adults are being prosecuted as adults. They ARE NOT adults. [/quote]

Sorry, but juvenile punishment would not be adequate here given the very public shame that will be attached to the victims. You run the risk of emboldening the offenders by making them think there are few consequences even for violent crimes. This isn't a group of misunderstood teens stealing a car.[/quote]

They are not adults, not even close. They are children. [/quote]

I’m really curious... if a masked intruder broke into your house while you were sleeping and violently raped you in your bed, would you be okay with him walking away from that crime if it turned out that he was 15?

Somehow I highly doubt it...[/quote]

That’s not even close to being the same thing. Also, PP didn’t say s/he wanted the suspects to “walk away” from the crime. Stop with the stupid hypotheticals.[/quote]

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