"Peterson & his older brother were arrested with Barrett in connection with a bizarre kidnapping & assault in Eagle River and Wasilla in June, though only Peterson's brother was charged in that case, and received an 18-month felony probation sentence."

Why was the brother only given felony probation & why were the others not charged. It seems like these people are not getting a tough enough sentences & some are not charged at all. Why is that the case? Or am I not understanding this correctly.

Three of the boys look kind of nerdy. Some are just boy,.not even young men.  

I'm 65 & I had to take up with a hard group of girls for protection from the other "nice" girls. I was pretty nerdy & innocent. The group would sometimes push me around a bit in jest I guess but they never hurt me. This was at one high school. If it was that hard back then, I can't imagine going to high school now. I'd not live through it likely. No wonder suicide rate is so high among teenagers. I'm flabbergasted.