The road to Hell is paved more by idealism than good intentions.
Hitler and Stalin and the rest of the mass murderers surely were quite idealistic, their ideals so high it mitigates what they did. According to this defense.
I'd put him in jail for 2 year. If he's a good kid, which I doubt, he could use that time to build himself into something valuable for himself and the world.
... 'didn't know what we would do with the files' ... I doubt that, kiddo.
I hope he gets jail time, but he probably won’t. I’m happy to hear Haverford expelled him anyway.