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Vtriggering posted...

So they basically walk free after 21. Will they even get criminal records? We don't even know the names of these murderers.

They will be held up to 21.
They can easily be released sooner than that, and it's based entirely on whether they're considered "rehabilitated" or not, with punishment for their crime having fuck all to do w/ it. Because there isn't a long and documented history of repeat offenders and high recidivism rate, so we should trust the authorities to know when they're no longer a danger to society.
And no, we'll probably never learn their identities, even after they turn 18.

Meanwhile, out of curiosity, I googled, "15 year old jailed for" and got results like these:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/michigan-judge-denies-release-teenage-girl-who-was-jailed-after-n1234377

Apparently not doing homework is bad enough to get part of your name released to the public, but murder is not.

https://www.delcotimes.com/news/15-year-old-arrested-for-double-homicide/article_f6f9f09e-7301-11eb-9a2d-4b47099517e7.html
14 years old (at the time of the crime), tried as an adult, and denied bail. But it was a boy, so...fair, next?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Tate
He was 12, and got life in prison. But yeah, expecting the suspects in this case to even spend 5 years in adult prison is asking too much.
(He was eventually released, and went on to become a fine, upstanding citizen...psych!)

Mind you, I don't agree with all of the above actions/sentences, just using them as examples to highlight how FUCKING RIDICULOUS this plea deal is by comparison.