Unless and until we bring these kids who are committing crimes into the criminal justice system, we will forever be victims of our own understanding. The concept that someone should not be responsible if they're 15 or 16 years old because their prefrontal lobe is not developed is insanity. and the public is paying for it, whether it's the D.C. public or, or the visitors to D.C. or people who work here. This has to stop. (24:41–24:52)
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Asserts that the idea of not holding 15 or 16-year-olds responsible due to brain development is flawed.
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