Please Explain this to me...

Today I was talking to a fellow student and was totally blown away by what she had to say. Her 7 year old daughter was held down in a wooded lot beside her house and raped by a 15 year old boy. She tried to get a restraining order and it was denied. The district Attorney also informed her that all the boy would get was 9 months of therapy. Nothing else. It would not even be on his record. The boy stated in a police report that he knew it was wrong, knew he could possibly go to jail if caught, but he didn't think he would be caught. This boy walks scott free while this child will have to deal with this trama the rest of her life.

I wish someone would explain this to me. If the state of Florida can judge a 15 year old boy as an adult for committing murder, why can they not do the same for rape? That boy murdered something in that child when he raped her. She will never be the same. He gave her a life long sentence of self doubt, low self esteem, problems with any future partner when they do have sexual relations, and the possiblity that this could start up early sexual relations that other wise would not be thought of....

I just once want someone to explain this to me in a way that won't make me come out swinging...