Reply #25: Why? [View All]

I mean, yeah there's that gut feeling that says 'commit a crime, do time' but he's 13. He needs help. In a perfect world Juvenile detention would be a place he could go for six months that would be a place he could deal with what happened, talk with counselors, etc...Then be on something akin to a very strict probation till he's an adult. ankle bracelet, house arrest, and a large number of community service hours on an ongoing basis.

Unfortunately there is no perfect solution because our society would rather throw minor's in prison or put them to death than actually create healthy citizens.

Maybe in a better world Juvey would be a place he could go to for a year or two where'd he'd be put through a hell of al ot of education, discipline, and counseling to give hima chance.

Jailing him for 12 years just isn't the answer. A thirteen year old made a mistake, and he's going to now pay for it for the rest of his life. I know the republican argument is that the other kid doesn't have a life anymore to do anythign with. It is tragic, but why ruin two lives?