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Originally Posted by greglepore
Whatever gets him 3 yrs probation and no felony record. The felony record almost guarantees recidivism, he'll never be able to find a real job.
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And enough of a fine that he and his parents won't forget it. 19 is old enough to know better.
Personally, I think there's some Eddie Haskell in most teenagers. Kid up the street who drives 50 mph on our residential street offered to clean up my yard after I knocked in the door and spoke to his mom about his driving. I just about laughed out loud. A few weeks later he drove by flipping off my house, not knowing that I was in the garage. This time he told his mom he was just having a bad day. I should have taken him up on the offer to do some yard work... then we could have had a little chat about manners when his mom wasn't looking.
I don't have a lot of patience for the "it's not Jr's fault" mentality. You deal with the consequences of the choices you make.