Don1 wrote:These are the same age "CHILDREN" that the USA tries as adults for murder when it suits them, why is it that if they commit murder at this age they are adults but if they are lucky enough to get their bone home suddenly they are helpless children?
Because in this case the children weren't the ones doing the illegal action, really. The grown woman was. That's why the kids aren't on trial. Also, I didn't say they were "helpless children", but they are indeed still children. And further, you even said it yourself, depending on a number of circumstances, children can be tried for crimes to face the same punishments as adults would, "tried as adults". This doesn't assume that they necessarily
are adults; those children just get the same punishments, based on their actions, on a case-by-case basis. Anyway those are rare circumstances, especially compared to the total population. The number of children who could potentially be taken advantage of by adults is much greater (like, pretty much all children could be) and should be treated differently.
Even if those boys wanted to have sex with her, they might not have been thinking clearly because of the influence of substances. And even if, all substances aside, they just couldn't wait to do her, she still should have known better than to have sex with them. And she certainly should not have provided the substances to influence those kids.
The fact that you would even group the kids in this case in with murderers troubles me, I must say. And if you won't recognize that a child possibly being coerced into sex with an adult isn't substantially different from a child killing another person, well, then this post won't affect you at all anyway. I probably should have given you that warning ahead of time.
