Waukesha County D.A. Office is more emotionally disturbed than accused "Slender Man" girls

"Geyser was diagnosed with early onset schizophrenia during court competency evaluations, and she still believes in the existence of the mythological Slender Man and fictional characters such as Harry Potter. She is opposed to taking medication because she believes it would stop her ability to talk with these 'friends,' the (Milwaukee) Journal Sentinel reported." http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/08/10/slender-man-stabbing-13-year-old-wisconsin-girls-will-be-tried-as-adults/ Yes, these two GIRLS, at least one of whom has been definitively diagnosed with a serious mental illness, are ADULTS, in the sense of being legitimately susceptible to "adult" punishments. "Adult" punishments being the kind of penalization that is already ludicrously severe and excessive in these United States. They're "grown-ups!" That explains why both these defendants legally purchased alcohol and tobacco previously, before the stabbing. (NOT!) That's why these two defendants have driver's licenses. (NOT!) That's why they were both registered to vote in Waukesha County. (NOT!) That's why the two kids viewed R-rated films, unsupervised, at a theatre way back in the day. (NOT!) While I AM plenty well aware and informed as to the horrifying nature of this offense.... Get real, America! Knowing something about the Waukesha County criminal injustice system, I seriously doubt the prosecutors' motives are as altruistic as some insist. The media frenzy alone has had the whole judicial apparatus fervently seeking retribution, from the moment this attack hit the news. There are better options for getting these GIRLS the psychiatric help that's required. If not, there SHOULD be such options. We as a society need to improve the juvenile "justice system" to the point where Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser can get the kind of help they need, without pretending they are now miraculously somehow a pair of "grown-ups." Then the "pragmatists" who claim the girls' psychological problems will be better served by waiving them into adult court won't have to bend over backwards trying to rationalize their irrational position. Again, these are two GIRLS. Waukesha County, Wisconsin and the USA can't have it both ways - if they are indeed juveniles in need of treatment - and all the factors I listed above prove that much - then they are by definition NOT ADULTS, and not properly under the jurisdiction of adult courts. Rather than entertaining the idiot notion that a couple 13 year-olds are "young ladies," as some commentators would have it, the "pro-punishment for punishment's sake" crowd needs to simply admit they're WRONG. But hey, maybe, just maybe there are grounds for agreement between us. Since the "tough on crime" set maintain Morgan and Anissa ARE adults, for all intents and purposes, who have by virtue of their grievous offense forfeited all legitimate claims they ever had to be considered children, I propose the following. My proposal is at odds with the current reality, to be sure, but no less realistic as an intellectual exercise than some of what's been asserted: If Anissa and Morgan were two good, well-adjusted, mentally sound 13-year-olds who had kept out of trouble their entire lives, well then.... they should have been given the opportunity to enter basic training, with a view to a future in the Army, Navy, Air Force or Coast Guard. Indeed! At the age of twelve! So I disagree with the officers of the court. I most definitely disagree with ALL who actually believe a twelve or thirteen year-old has the same emotional maturity, ethical compass and overall cognitive capacity as an eighteen year-old. And I do so without even taking into account how limited an 18-year old's psychological development is in comparison to a young adult's in his/her twenties.... Of course, I do understand the view from the other side. Those folks clearly believe the girls need additional confinement, past the age of 18. But whether or not the girls remain an obvious danger to the community at that future date remains to be seen. That determination should only be made by actual experts, not by vengeful prosecutors, jaded and/or corrupt judges, or paid consultants of dubious integrity whose services are employed for the very purpose of imposing the harshest penalty possible. Sad, in a way, as it is to say it, neither should that determination be overly influenced by understandably hostile relatives of the victim. Revenge isn't nearly the same thing as justice. It is true, however that this is all my OPINION, and I am not an expert in any field of mental health or penology. A prison sentence as long as forty-five years would be quite excessive, even for a crime this horrific, since said crime was committed by a couple of delusional girls who were twelve years old at the time of the attack.