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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't worry , they will be back on the street before bedtime [/quote]

Did you see the two suspects are allegedly minors? Wow just wow.

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I think carjackings are almost always minors. It’s a sport of sorts that replaced stealing cars when stealing cars got harder/less fun because of anti-theft devices, mainly remote keys. You know, a sport where they occasionally kill people.

I sat on a jury for a carjacking and it was essentially that they were bored and they wanted a car to ride around in. They stole and hot wired an older car, but they wanted a better car with a key. So they carjacked a guy. The whole thing was incredibly stupid from soup to nuts. I’m not sure they even tried to not get caught. [/quote]
+1. For the poster who asked if they ever interview the teens about why they do it, there is no meaningful reason. It is completely senseless. 
- former prosecutor[/quote]

So what do you think should happen in order to prevent car jackings?  Harsh penalties or reduce the penalties so there are essentially zero consequences, which is what Charles Allen is doing? [/quote]

I’m the PP who was the juror, and one of the takeaways for me was that anti-theft devices really work, so what would help with this is cameras in cars and the ability to quickly and remotely track and/or disable the vehicle. But I don’t know how to do that safely, like you can’t just shut off a car that’s driving down the road. But you basically need to be able to brick the car. Being able to brick phones I think basically eliminated phone theft. I’m not sure what the right device is but if it is a big enough problem, someone will think of one. At a minimum if you get carjacked there should be a fast way for you to track it, share the info with the police and snap photos of driver and occupants. [/quote]

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