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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Read things over again.
For one, as pointed out, this is about his lack of remorse, lack of apology, and his reported conduct at 18 when confronting the issue. It is not simply about what he did at 14. If he did what he did, and showed that growth instead of the opposite, this is a different conversation despite what he did being no less heinous. Getting on YOUR high horse and pretending everyone is just attacking his actions in isolation is pretty mindless.
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If he was a reoffender you might have a point. But there's nothing in the article that says he's continued the behavior that got him into juvenile hall. In fact, there's accounts of the opposite. But we can't claim to know what is in this young man's heart. Actions speak louder than words.
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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
How many people do you know today who went to juvie for assault and were good people by 18? Honest number. And based on that, how many people here do you think did so?
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We're not all as lucky as you PepsiFree. But I can attest that of those I know who went through juvenile hall, some of things far worse than what this young man did, that a vast majority of them are productive adults today.