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It's a minor. He was speeding. There was never an intent to harm anyone. Framing it as stealing when it was him taking his mother's car is the kind of misrepresentation that we should avoid. He, like kids all over world, drove their parent's car without permission.
In the vast majority of this country, that combination of circumstances does not result in jail time for minors.
That the minor in question was an illegal immigrant doesn't change the facts of this particular tragedy.
The kid that ran into wrecked my house was charged with stealing his mom's car.
It's really not unheard of.
And most kids that swipe the parents car don't end up killing someone.