13 Year Old Floridian Faces JUDGMENT Day..

[The_RAIDER]

RyanH, Bo is simply asking you the same question you ask EVERYONE when they include it in a Post.

 

[TheSalami]

let the victims family decide.

 

[WODIN]

After 28 years in jail he will be an even worse criminal and probably kill a few other people. Our system isn't about reform, it's about punishment. I wish it were about reform, but it isn't.

 

[BO-CEPHUS]

But, this isn't intended to be a discussion on race.....just a thread on the punishment that this young child received.

I know that. The problem is you do the exact same on other threads where people mention race. Your hypocricy is pathetic.

 

[danielson]

its a similar case to the bulger murderers, who spent a few years in a junior detention centre, then got released with new lives. 28 years isnt enough IMHO, he murdered a teacher, he should get life.

 

[RyanH]

The African-American reference was included so that one may consider race in assessing whether the child received the appropriate punishment-----Since juries are typically biased against African-Americans. If it had been a caucasion child, race would not have been relevant since very likely the jury and judge would not have been biased.

Here, it looks like race was likely not a controlling factor since the punishment, although still more than I would have given, is reasonable in light of the alternative punishment.

 

[RyanH]

After 28 years in jail he will be an even worse criminal and probably kill a few other people. Our system isn't about reform, it's about punishment. I wish it were about reform, but it isn't.

And Wodin, that is the downfall of our penal system.

We look backwards, instead of forwards.

 

[TheSalami]

why even bother keeping him alive? i dont see why people with life sentences arent just killed. this kid should just be ended and thats it. the system shouldnt be about reform it should be about punishment.

 

[The_RAIDER]

The Bias depends on the Racial makeup of the jury, No?

 

[RyanH]

Sure Salami--Thus far drug offenses have been about punishment, and where has it gotten us?

It's gotten us to overcrowed prisons with people who pose no real threat or danger to society.