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by barrkel 29 days ago
Immature kids - and kids are by definition immature - make dumb decisions.

Certainly there needs to be repercussions, the kids need to learn, and need to be warned in advance, but kids will do dumb things.

You can talk about news coverage, but you can't force 12 year olds to watch the news, or understand how their actions have consequences. When the consequences do come, the focus needs to be primary on rehabilitation and restitution for the first instance.