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Originally Posted by photon
There's a middle ground between "string them up by their balls" and "absolved of all responsibility".
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I entirely agree with the idea that teens take on risky behaviour; god knows I did. That said, my mother has been a guard at a Canadian maximum security young offenders facility for close to 30 years and I'm well aware of what 16 year old criminals are like. There is middle ground, but in many cases, that middle ground is far too soft and spongy. Sometimes leniency in the hope of someone growing up and out of it is appropriate; most times it's a pipe dream. It would be nice if our justice system didn't hide whether this is a first offence for the boy.