> We send teenagers to prison for less societal damage. They don't get an opportunity to "grow out of it". Yeah, but in those cases there are literal laws agai

> We send teenagers to prison for less societal damage. They don't get an opportunity to "grow out of it". Yeah, but in those cases there are literal laws against what they did, and usually the morality is much more stark (e.g. killing a guy). Also, the "logic" of being harsh to immature person X so we have to be harsh to every immature person just doesn't fly. > I don't know why these teenagers should get more benefit of the doubt. Because this was a more ambiguous situation (e.g. politically polarized) and almost certainly the people who were supposed to know better were telling them they were doing a good job. I'm saying forget the teenagers, and focus on the real bad guys.