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Originally Posted by Zizu

So after she’s had some counselling and then released.. can we assume that you’d welcome her with open arms back into your community - given she’s just knifed 3 innocent people ??

That’s basically what you are expecting of those who live in her community including all those children who had to climb and jump over a 7’ fence to save themselves

No one has to "welcome her back" or do anything that they don't want to do, but a 13 year old shouldn't be locked up for life for a violent outburst, and the idea that they should be is utterly ludicrous. An adult male with previous assault charges wouldn't get life for a knife attack causing superficial injury or anything even close to it.

As for the likelihood of rehabilitation, that depends entirely on the circumstances -- there are probably some very obvious reasons that this young person has ended up like this. Like I said, "evil" doesn't exist and if a child is violent, 99 times out of 100 it's because they've experienced serious violence and abuse themselves.