[zac23or]

> I think it's important to remember that it's hard out there these days. A life of crime may not be the only option available, but it becomes more and more appealing as access to education or training gets more difficult to afford

No, no. It is a very discriminatory view. Many very rich people are criminals. I'm from a very poor neighborhood, from a third world country. Many of my friends got into crime and died. Many more are hardworking, in my experience it is easier to find a criminal who was born rich than a criminal who was born poor . I don't have much formal education. But using books that was going to waste, I learned programming, etc. And Today it is much easier to learn ANYTHING.

> Dehumanizing criminals is a very privileged way of approaching the world. What we have here is a child who was failed by society.

It's not Dehumanization. Someone works hard, buys something after years of work and gets robbed overnight. When someone defends the criminal in the first place, he is ignoring the guy who suffered without doing absolutely anything to deserve it. It's normal to hate the criminal.

And the poor hate criminals. Defending criminals is a very privileged way of approaching the world.

I am not a favor to kill criminals, etc. But sometimes when you get what you're looking for. And defending very bad behavior is not good for anyone, neither the boy nor society.