Reply To: Cause For Teens At Risk?

Wolfish: Its more than theory; its practice. Even a Ben Sorer — who is UNDER 13, is said (according to one) to have happened. THAT was rare. A 13 year old receiving the maximum penalty of Beis Din, there is no basis to say it was any rarer than a 50 year old. If a 13 or 50 year old was Mechallel Shabbos (with the requisite attachments — i.e. warning, witnesses, etc.) both of them were just as culpable to the death penalty — and Beis Din would NOT provide any consideration to the 13 year olds age more than the 50 year olds age.