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Originally Posted by speede5
I don't think anyone is absolving him of responsibility. I think he should be held responsible. How does hurting the parents do anything. How are the parents supposed to enforce this with the kid. Sure, all the tough guys on here can say they would make their kid pay it all back but that kid can tell the parents to eff off and there's nothing they can do about it. The court has just passed this debt on to the easier target. Why not nail the kid with community service?
The court decision has done exactly what you are saying, it has told the kid he's not responsible for his actions, someone else is.
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I might be wrong, but to impose community service as a punishment, wouldn't they have to charge him with a crime?
The idea here isn't to punish anyone. It's just about who is responsible for paying for damages, and having the kid deliver Meals on Wheels for a couple of weeks (or whatever the community service is now fo 14 year olds), does not help pay for anything.