NJ.com regularly publishes editorials expressing the viewpoints of the organization’s leadership. This editorial was authored by Tony Dearing, director of news operations.

Two teen-age girls riding an e-bike are struck and killed by a black Jeep barreling at 70 mph, and authorities say it was no accident. They say the driver deliberately crashed into the girls.

Will the accused, 17-year-old Vincent Battiloro of Garwood, be charged as an adult?

That shouldn’t even be a question. It should be a given.

And while we expect authorities to make the right decision, we find ourselves asking broader questions about who the justice system is designed to protect -- and who it fails -- in a crime of this enormity.

The first failure has already occurred.

Battiloro was no stranger to Maria Nioti

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