Save the Children!

It will be interesting to see what decision the Supreme Court makes about this topic. Even though the crime that the child committed was a terrible "adult" crime, but the child is still a child. I agree with a lot of what they said in the article that "It's not a guarantee of parole. It's the opportunity for parole," said Lawrence Wojcik,  "A juvenile has a less developed sense of right and wrong. They should have the opportunity to prove that, at some point, they have been rehabilitated and they are fit to rejoin the community"(Richard Serrano of the Tribune Washington Bureau contributed).

There are so many screwed up things about our jurisdiction, people like Casey Anthony are free in this world but this kid doesn't even have a chance to have freedom after doing something he did when he was a child, a CHILD. The legal age of an adult is 18 years old, so why was he getting treated like an adult at 14 years old. It doesn't take away from his crime, but the fact that he was so young he did not have a clear distinction of right and wrong.

This case is different from others I'm sure, since the kid was more convicted based on association with the crime but we have to look at juveniles imprisonment as a whole. I do believe that people can change, especially youth to adulthood, if these children are given the right sources needed to be a member of society than why not at least give them a chance to be free. As quoted above, just because they have the opportunity for parole, does not mean that they will get it. A child is more vulnerable to situations like this because a lot of time they are influenced by peer pressure or they are troubled by an unstable home life.

The website below talks about the psychology aspect of juvenile delinquents and the developmental stages of the brain that an adolescent goes through. It's very informative about how a child's brain can be influenced by outside factors and a child struggles with knowing right from wrong especially if they are not taught that from the beginning.

http://www.hgexperts.com/article.asp?id=5279