Reply #1: Donna Rice Hughes

[Eric J in MN]

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Donna Rice Hughes, an Internet safety expert for the organization Enough Is Enough, joined the discussion, agreeing with Campbell that lifetime punishment does not fit the perceived crime. But she also warned that states shouldn’t be too quick to remove criminal penalties from behavior that can be dangerous. Hughes pointed out that most state laws already give prosecutors the discretion to not prosecute juveniles as adults.
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I'm guessing that if she has a cousin who is a 14 year old girl who got prosecuted for sending a nude photo to her boyfriend, then she wouldn't say that's fine because the prosecutor was using his "discretion."

Prosecutors have discretion in applying any law. Under her logic, that means that bad laws should never be changed.