Re: Juvenile Justice
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How should society deal with Juveniles who commit crimes?
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We should try to rehabilitate them. Sentences should be flexible enough such that if a kid shows real progress, then he should be set free early enough to live a reasonably normal life. On the other hand, if a 16-year-old goes in to the joint and doesn't get his head straight, we should be happy to keep him in there.
I worked as a legal reporter for a while and saw a 14-year-old who was universally seen as a good kid but fell into a weird funk and committed a (semi-accidental) killing get sentenced to life. That's just stupid.
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