Wow, we don't even know what happened and you've got the punishment ready to go, will.
Yet another example of the internet rush to judgement.
sigh
He's the proximate cause of the fire, that much we know for sure. Whether or not he's LIABLE for the fire is something completely different. We don't know that yet. If he deliberately set it, then he is. If he didn't, well, maybe he's not liabile.
House arrest doesn't mean much to a kid unless you take away their TV, internet, phone, etc. Even then, I don't see it as much more than a passing attempt to placate the bloodthirsty mob.
When I was 10, I was unsupervised most afternoons. So were all my friends. So are most 10 year olds. It's part of growing up.
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