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| Topic | The justice system failed Mohammad Anwar |
| Zeus 04/06/21 1:56:58 PM #8: | streamofthesky posted... This is fucking disgusting. No jail time! jfc, I know you love your pound of flesh, but this is insane. They're 13 & 15, and being sent to juvie -- the kids equivalent of prison -- for their crime. (The portion you cite notes that they're being "held", which suggests a confinement of some kind. It's not like all they were was grounded.) Brutalizing offenders doesn't restore their victims and, while retributive justice sometimes feels good, it doesn't really do that much good for anybody beyond a feeling of schadenfreude. streamofthesky posted... No way in hell if they were teen boys would the prosecutors have decided to stop doing their jobs. Which is a problem. However, just because they're doing the wrong thing with boys, doesn't mean they should do the wrong thing with girls. streamofthesky posted... Plenty of 15 year olds have been tried as adult and gotten prison time, and for crimes less heinous than this. Which is a problem, not a prescription. streamofthesky posted... They already are hardened criminals! I must have missed that part? You certainly didn't list them having a prior history of violence and already being in juvie. --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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