MicroWave'Hell on wheels': Teen convicted of crashing car at 100 mph, killing boyfriend and friend
coffee_poopsGuys, she’s 18. Her brain isn’t even fully developed yet. She’s not even capable of fully rationalizing the consequences of her actions yet. I know she did something awful but I don’t think there are any winners here.
You don’t need a fully developed brain to understand that intentionally driving into a brick wall at 100 mph will have severe consequences.
Literally the risk averse part of the brain is the one still in development.
UllallullooNot being fully developed ≠ nonexistent
We shouldn’t remove all consequences for your actions until you turn 25. Young people are a little dumber, but they’re not infants. They should still be able to think for themselves.
That’s not really implied by simply acknowledging that their brain isn’t developed yet, not sure why you are defensive about it like giving them keys to a death machine when they also clearly have had mental issues and haven’t gotten far along in their prefrontal cortex is a necessary rite of passage. There are a lot of possible angles to look at situations like this to consider how to fix them and blaming the people involved might be the easy answer but actual justice for society becomes more complicated. Nobody wants to deal with this story, and that’s the bottom line.