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If 11-year-olds can be tried as adults for their actions, why do we have laws that prevent them from living their lives as adults when they aren't murdering people?
Is the capacity to murder indicative of advanced maturity in an 11-year-old?
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
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