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		dragontamer on April 20, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is This Justice? Charging an Eighth Grader with a ... > There is nothing merciful about exercising their power in a situation where it should not be exercised. I think they are doing a fine job exercising their power with restraint Once again, they were planning to drop the charges to something smaller through the pre-trial process.

maxerickson on April 20, 2015 [–]

Yes, I remember that you are perfectly fine with them planning on intimidating the kid. The intimidation is what I objected to in my first comment in this thread. Anyway, it's fine if we disagree.

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