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To address those who have already commented on the thread, thank you for being so courteous while disagreeing with me.
Do I think they should have remained in jail longer, perhaps. However, if there was any, just a little bit of rehab, than sending them onto an adult penal institution would only in my eye's increase the likelihood of their turning to crime, as they will have nothing else to know, they have been incarcerated since 11 and 13.
I do think there should be some type of supervision, not only for us, but for them. If there is a time where this young man might fail, it would be now. I hope that there is family and clergy who will be there to assist them.
The other young man, he will have served more than half his life, I do have mixed feelings on this issue.
I support the legislature to change the laws in their states. But, one thing many are not aware of is in most states the age of release is 26 and their record is clean. It is disconcerting for sure.
I hope this will be a success story but I am not optimistic, I hope they will not repeat but they might, it is however less of a chance than those sex offender's re offending.
But, and I am serious about this, if we are going to treat children as adult's with the same mind as you or I, than we should afford them the rights of driving, marriage, military voting.. the list goes on and I am a bit extreme there is something out of whack with all of this.
Hello, you need to turn on your mind's eye please, murdering 4 people already indicates they have turned to crime, duh.
And how about the people they killed and their families, why are you not concerned for their feelings?