The arbitrariness of the prosecution in the US is just staggering. Here you have this young lady who did something stupidly dangerous, pled guilty, and has bee

The arbitrariness of the prosecution in the US is just staggering. Here you have this young lady who did something stupidly dangerous, pled guilty, and has been shipped off to an "alternative school" (read: school for criminals-in-training). On the other hand you have the Texas Tech explosion, (http://www.csb.gov/texas-tech-university-chemistry-lab-explosion/ http://www.csb.gov/texas-tech-university-chemistry-lab-explo...), where a fifth-year grad student (!) was told to prepare 100 mg of a genuinely fickle explosive, but instead cooked up 10 grams, which he then ground in a mortar (!!), and it predictably exploded, injuring the fellow gravely. His fellow students had concerns about his working habits, which are on the record, and neither the student, nor his supervisor were charged with anything. This isn't correct.