Squilliam said:
No. Noone can argue successfully that 10 year old boys are fully aware of the consequences of their actions. Theres nothing to gain from punishing these kids. At this point you can't argue that its to prevent it from happening again, its not going to make the girls life any better and its very doubtful that they will even be able to get a conviction due to diminished legal responsibility. I.E. They aren't expected to know any better.
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Of course they weren't fully aware of the consequences (and who is, really?) but they certainly knew they were doing something very wrong.
It's very important to punish them hard.