Teens accused of pimping girls

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

This is why time out doesn't work.

So, you are saying you know exactly how these kids were brought up and that it's because they were given 'time outs' instead of 'proper corporal punishment' that they ended up like this? Your perspicacity is uncanny.

Sadly, I think it's far more likely these kids were completely neglected than that the parent's methods of correction were inefficient.

just as you know more about these kid''s situation?

[FEW 0]

Oh so very scary. I'm not often in favor of capital punishment... but... even though the offenders were young... I'm happy I don't have to sentence these animals.

There's an excellent novel about juvenile prostitution: Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill

This first half is a great fun story (setting up the girl's childhood), with some dark forebodings. Reading the second half nearly made me vomit, yet I couldn't stop (needed to know if she was ok in the end).

[Peikko 1,575]

This is why xxx doesn't work = statement of fact

Sadly it's more likely that it's xxx = statement of probability.

Neither of us knows, but only one of us is making a statement that something was tried and failed.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

They start-em young in these gangs. I'm not really surprised.