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You are both right, OP.

Teen brains ARE different from adult brains and teens do not process impulsivity and measure consequences in the same way as adults.

However, what would you have the prosecutor do? He is within his rights. From an outside perspective and without getting into mental health issues, he is doing what is right to protect the public. This is a young person who has had many second chances, and who has now badly injured someone.

The data shows that ADHD (ie, impulse control issues) and other mental health issues are extremely frequent in criminals. Mental health is not yet understood and not yet taken into adequate account by courts. There is no use putting people in prison, who when released will do exactly what put them there in the first place, because they have never been educated about their issues and cannot control themselves correctly without medication!

Anyway, getting off the soap box. Look into getting your niece evaluated by a psychologist, not to have her sentence reduced, but so she can learn self-control and do something with her life after paying her debt to society.
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:roll: Most teens do not get into a physical fight even once, let alone many times, they don't hurt other people and they aren't in and out of the juvenile justice system constantly. If OP cared so much for her niece then she should have been adequately supervising the girl when clearly her parents were unable and/or had refused to do so.

I'd be fine with not ever treating teens as adults, and keeping them out of prison, no matter what they did, but then the parents would need to do that time for them. SOMEONE needs to be responsible and held criminally liable for a minor's behavior. If not the child/teen then it must be the adult who should have been supervising them. [/quote]

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