There are definitely valid arguments to be made against prosecuting 13 and 15-year-olds as adults but this bizarre appeal to emotion isn't one of them. The whole point of homicide is that the victim can never be brought back. Hence the whole trial and prison thing.
https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1380105781324836866
A better argument (whether you accept it or not) is that kids that young have a strong potential to be reformed and become law abiding instead of all but ensuring they face a lifetime of incarceration and recidivism.
I think these determinations should be on a case-by-case basis (which they tend to be). I'm just troubled by the swiftness of this whole thing being swept away from public attention.
Ah yes, the old "let's compare two entirely different cases from entirely different places for some internet clout." Rittenhouse is already considered a legal adult in many states and he shot people with a his rifle.
https://twitter.com/Gavinmama/status/1380130368347590656
I'm not even saying DC shouldn't do it. I'm saying that if they don't do it, they should use a good argument rather than a bad one. This makes it sound totally political and for optics, which it probably is to some extent anyway.
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