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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Most expressions of remorse by young offenders are insincere boilerplate fed to them by lawyers and parents. You have to be pretty naive to put much stock in them.
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I think that's just wrong. I'm not sure how good you think 14 year olds are at acting, but they believed the other 14 year old and not Miller for a reason.
If anything I would say the opposite is true where you can't really tell expressions of remorse by adult offenders. It's probably a lot easier the younger they are.
In any case, I think that opinion makes his actions worse. He couldn't even be bothered to fake remorse to let his victim believe he was sorry? Why? So his victim who has endured so much can't even receive the satisfaction? If so, that's just adding insult to injury.
But that's fine, I'm not talking about a 14 year old apologizing. I'm talking about an 18 year old not apologizing. Everyday he woke up and decided not to seek out his victim and try to make things better, he did this up until today. That was his decision as an adult, not as a 14 year old.