Comment Re:So any 17 year old can screw their local bank? (Score 1) 274
You conflate the legality of an action with prosecutorial discretion. The bank's managers are likely to be too high on the social ladder for the prosecuting attorney to risk their wrath, and the wrath of their possibly highly-placed "friends". If the case somehow got to court, though, the jury would have no choice in the matter but to find the teenager guilty (unless they decided to act sane and not follow the instruction of the judge). Heck, if the bankers had a beef with the kids' family somehow, you can bet that the kid would be found guilty.