He's also not a child. He's 17 years old, and fully capable of understanding the risk of harm he exposed hundreds of people to.
> He's also not a child. He's 17 years old, and fully capable of understanding the risk of harm he exposed hundreds of people to.
It's not. Brains keep developing until the age of 25 or so. Age of consent and age of $lots_of_things is 18 (arguably too young, IMHO).
Trailing people as adults when they're considered too young to vote, buy alcohol, etc. is quite frankly ridiculous.
Fully agree with that; obviously this is all very serious. But that is a fundamentally different position than "he should be locked up for life!"
SWATing is literally equivalent to shooting at someone with the intention to kill.
Until there is serious consequences for people who do it, it won't stop.
It's far from certain he actually is a sociopath. Half the teenagers out there are semi-sociopaths on account of being teenagers. And it's really not the same as shooting at someone, much less "with the intent to kill". SWATting is SWATting, and comparing it to other things is silly because other things are, well, other things.
Whether an adult should or should not be imprisoned for life is a different question, but I cannot see treating this person a “child” appropriate.
What's the intent of SWATing? It is attempted murder.
And no, half the teenagers are not sociopaths. Sociopathy is a well defined condition that cannot be cured.
You're clearly neither a doctor nor a lawyer and have chosen a weird hill to die on, but carry on.
Nobody knows, but the person lost the chance for society to give them the benefit of the doubt.
They know it’s wrong. They did it HUNDREDS OF TIMES.