re: Kid who beat teacher for taking away his Nintendo has pled guilty. Punishment?

Would love to do an audit of that kid's history. Zero chance this is the first time something similar to this has happened involving him.

The apology by the mom was very canned and didn't seem sincere in the least.

ETA:

This paragraph summed the whole thing up for me

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A child with multiple mental disorders like Brendan should not be sentenced to prison. He would be placed with the general population, exposing him to exploitation and abuse. Brendan lacks the capacity to adapt to prison culture and would not gain the necessary abilities to reintegrate into society successfully. Not least, we fear that access to proper medication and therapy would be unavailable.

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So he lacks the mental capacity to "adapt" yet you would put him in a school with other children. Sounds like the parents may be culpable as well.