I AM writing because the BEN is asking people to vote on whether juveniles in court should be named.
I used to think that in cases like this, people should be named and shamed. But I've come to realise that if you name someone then it is not just the criminals who are being punished, it's their families, friends and in some cases the victims.
I know what these young offenders have done is terrible and the victims' families probably don't care what is said about them, but in the end why should the family suffer for these idiots' mistakes?
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