[hashbig]

Not sure why this is downvoted. I am _radically_ against prison punishments for non-violent crimes since they don't achieve anything, but for crimes like these, I honestly don't want to live in a society where someone with this kind of judgement is allowed to roam freely and cause more harm.

[s1artibartfast]

The problem is that a significant part of the population has this kind of judgment.

Kids are stupid and 50‰ are dumber than average. It is possible that their judgment isn't that that far off the norm, and it was an unlikely string of events that led to this outcome.

Clearly punishment is appropriate, but we rarely hand out life imprisonment for first degree murder. Seems like this would be more akin to manslaughter.

[3pt14159]

They are children. Children make mistakes.

[bawolff]

Yes, mistakes are another word for bad choices. How many violent criminals are making good choices?

[mcguire]

"The family eventually learned, earlier that day, an anonymous caller demanded Mark hand over his Twitter handle worth thousands of dollars. Mark refused. Hours later, the unthinkable happened.

"Months later, the family learned about Shane Sonderman, who was a minor back in April 2020 when the crime was committed.

"Sonderman is currently behind bars awaiting trial. A Federal Grand Jury indictment claims he had six victims across the country. Herring was the only one who died."

https://www.wkrn.com/news/swatting-call-leads-to-death-of-tn...