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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it’s extreme.

- he was a minor
- he was being threatened by the victim, repeatedly
- he seemed to be targeting a specific person so I don’t feel like he was a threat to the larger community
- he was clearly intelligent but misguided
- not a homicide
- not a career criminal

I think he needs psychiatric help and a path to recovery. That crazy Russian arms dealer was sentenced to 20 years total for much much more harm to society, domestic and foreign.

It seems like the biggest players get away with murder and some kid that hasn’t even started his life is cast off into the void.
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The sentence was 40 years, with 22 years suspended -- not 18 years. That took into account non-public information, such as prior juvenile convictions and other interactions with law enforcement. Mitigating factors including prior interactions with the victim, would be considered also. You don't know whether he was a "career criminal." It's possible that this child has had several opportunities already for redemption in the juvenile system.

The kid wasn't convicted of homicide but attempted homicide, so that was considered. It was attempted first-degree homicide, which means the shooting was pre-meditated. This wasn't a heat of the moment matter of self-defense.

If you are talking about Victor Bout when you mention "crazy Russian arms dealer," he was sentenced to 25 years not 20 years.

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