Please give me an answer on the following hypothetical situation:
A 16 year old girl lives in a bad household, the parents use any money they get to buy drugs. The girl has two younger siblings. a 4 year old and a 10 year old. They are here in the US, and do not recieve welfare because the parents have not signed up for it. They dont have any other family and no friends due to their parent's reckless behavior. The 16 year old goes to the grocery store and steals food to feed herself and siblings. Should she go to juvy? It is a crime to steal, but it is her first and only crime. Should she be called a criminal for life? There is no sympathy for crimnals right? What if she was older?
2006-07-16
13:39:26
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