Kill that guy for us, or we'll kill you, you owe us, sorta requires understanding death.
You think these kids take the "deal" knowing where it leads? Even some adults are easy to manipulate... so a fourteen-year-old?
I'd agree that some teen that kills of their own volition isn't innocent... But there's a literal gang involved that is actively grooming kids for murder.
As for the government letting it happen, agreed. Modern politics, legislation, and government executive branches address problems at a snails pace. Often actively causing them because politicians refuse to enact laws based on what is known, rather than what they feel.
Kinda like you, feeling like the victimhood of this actual child shouldn't be acknowledged.
An attempt to address this with such a tainted perspective surely wouldn't cause problems. /S