• @Signtist@bookwormstory.social
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    1 month ago

    Yeah, I remember when I was 7 I’d explore everywhere around my house for at least a few miles. There was a convenience store 2 miles out where I’d buy candy any time I’d scrounged up a few dollars of change.

    What happened was terrible, but it was an accident nevertheless. Nobody should have to serve time, especially not the grieving parents.

    • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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      1 month ago

      Yeah, but that was just a few miles. These boys walked…

      *Checks notes*

      The Food Lion store is two blocks away from their home.

      jesus-christ

    • chingadera
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      191 month ago

      It’s fucking insane that anyone thought to charge them, let alone actually follow through with it. Multiple people have to have agreed for this to be reality. Another shit stain on humanity

    • @douglasg14b@lemmy.world
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      41 month ago

      Same, having the freedom to ride my bike wherever I could and meet and play with other kids was crucial to my social and personal development.

    • @aeischeid@lemmy.ml
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      31 month ago

      Please see book “There are no accidents”. it was a tragedy, and the sort where blame and punishment at an individual level doesn’t bring about justice in any meaningful sense, but it was hardly an accident - to predictable to merit that label