Yeh, sure. You and the wannabe lawyer are the only ones arguing on the boy's behalf. The facts are that the court system is screwed up. You seem to not understand that.
If you want to vent rage at the system, vent it at the broken part here, the judge. He's sitting in a criminal court and needs a repeat of L1. This mistake is trivial, and easily corrected. The next one may not be.