juliaoceania -> RE: 12 year old facing life in prison for shooting father's pregnant fiance (3/15/2010 4:11:17 PM)
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The thing about these types of situations is that there's a high likelihood that, upon release, the boy will commit another crime of this magnitude or greater. Repeatedly throughout criminal history, especially in males, when they start this young, they don't stop. It is still a 12 year old child. We cannot adjust our juvenile justice system because of one appalling case. There are too many kids that are not psychopaths that have been treated much too harshly by the justice system in recent years, and i fear that magnifying one weird case will further injustices on children that can be "fixed". The fact of the matter is, he will get out again, so what are we going to do with him?
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