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No, we have it right. People like you need to stop convicting everybody in our society for momentary instances of foolish behavior. Who cares if it was a ad-hoc experiment or something she saw on YouTube that her friends were trying to get her do? It's still science, and performing it without all the permissions and safety precautions doesn't change that. Even if it just a bunch of kids who just wanted to see something blow up. It's cause and effect. Learning and growing. Yeah, it was stupid, but you learn from stupid things.

Regardless of all that, the charges are completely over the top. Community service, detention, suspension, sure. But the county was trying to charge her with a felony! I did stuff like that in junior high too, because I wanted to see the reaction. I learned from it though, and grew, because I didn't become an instant criminal and have my entire life ruined.

Congratulations, now we just put another young person into the system that strips away the chance to succeed and condemns her, for life, to one childhood mistake.