>>>I'm fascinated how bloodthirsty everyone here is for a _17-year-old_. I see this as a horrible tragedy for all concerned. Sean Taylor is dead, and four young men has essentially ended their lives. What a horrible loss of potential.
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>>>The horrible loss of potential occured solely because of the actions of Eric Rivera (and whatever direct role the others played in it).
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>>And you don't see a horrible loss of potential in four young men who had bad (terrificly bad) choices?
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>>Any time I see a story about a kid committing a crime, I see an additional tragedy.
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>When four kids are breaking into houses with guns, they don't have much potential.

By the time it gets to that point, they've certainly squandered a lot, but don't you wonder at all about what came before? How did they get to the point of breaking into houses with guns? What went wrong?

Tamar