I understand the sentiment. We’ve seen black kids have their murders justified because they were allegedly “thugs” for smoking weed in high school, while white kids have blockbuster movies like Superbad that glorify underage drinking, illegal drug use, theft, etc. in their culture. There definitely is a double standard when it comes to appropriate behavior for black kids and black people in general.
However TO ME there are some things that just do not deserve leniency regardless of age and race, and causing someone’s death is one of them. I personally am not saying that they deserve death before someone tries to loop me in with that; again, I just personally believe they should get the same punishment an adult would get for committing this specific type of crime.
I still think it’s completely bizarre to ask for leniency just because Brock Turner got a slap on the wrist for raping someone though. I don’t know anyone who was happy with that decision other than the scumbag judge who people in my county voted out afterwards (and he should be in prison as well)