District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb recently told local media about astonishing levels of juvenile crime afflicting residents of the nation's capital, especially outside of its more expensive white liberal enclaves.
Asked whether teenagers should be treated as adults when they commit violent crimes, he replied,"I don't think kids should be treated as adults. Kids are kids, and when you're talking about teenagers in particular, their brains are developing, their minds are developing, and they're biologically prone to make mistakes. That's what we've all done as we've grown up."In a normal context, that would make some sense. Everyone makes youthful mistakes.
Justice is for the society in which it operates, not just for the criminals in its midst. Law-abiding citizens have a right to expect that predators, even those still in their midteens, will be rendered harmless for an effective period. As long as there are no consequences, these crimes will continue and get worse. Innocent people have been killed because of permissive attitudes. Two girls, the younger one age 13, murdered a Pakistani immigrant Uber Eats driver Mohammad Anwar by tasing him while he was driving, causing him to crash. Thirteen-year-olds do not normally commit such crimes unless the adults in authority signal there will be no consequences.
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