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Originally Posted by smurfalicious
I don't know if I've ever been so horrified by what happened in an area so close to home. I had to post this.
I'd like to know your thoughts on trying these "boys" as adults versus juveniles.
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If they are juveniles, they should be tried as such.
Whether this should result in a different sentence if found guilty than if they had been adults is a different issue. As is the age of adult responsibility. Personally, I think a 16yo is plenty old enough to be expected to have mature insight into those sort of crimes.
That said, here comes the grey area. I would like to know "why" they did it. If there's a single element of "because they knew they could get away with it because of their age", then I think an adult trial seems appropriate. But that's such a hard thing to judge. Such is life.