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I agree with your position.

The “parents” in this case were never trained to be good parents to begin with.

Who trains a parent to be a good parent - their parents of course! And the loop goes back generations.

This is the real crime of extreme liberalism - the damage they have done, are doing, and will do to OUR children. Yes, to a degree every child out there is the collective “ours”.

The parents don't belong in jail (again?) for their child's actions. The family unit, parent and child, need to be on the streets paying for the cost of the crime committed by the child. The older the child and the egregious his crime the longer the family unit works performing community service.

Street cleaning, park maintenance, etc shouldn't be paid for by taxes - they should be paid for by those who have committed serious crimes.

If properly done the family unit would have vested interest in not repeating their actions.

IMHO the worst travesty of our legal system is trying a 15-year old for murder as an adult. Do we have to do it - YES. But the system failed the child because he/she has done similar acts ion the past without any extreme penalty.

Until our legal system (not Justice System) comes to grips with “How do we prevent a child from becoming a murder by age 15?” our society will continue to have serious problems.

The “parents” in this case were never trained to be good parents to begin with.

Very true. Some years back we had a young couple attending our church. Each of them had a history of foster homes, abandonment, juvenile delinquency, and some time in prison.

After prison, they met and ended up giving birth to a son. Many people from the church gave all manner of assistance. They wanted to be good parents, but did not know what a good parent was supposed to do. Neither of them ever had one. Very sad.

Community service would be great. With Detroit's fiscal problems there is a lot of maintenance that needs done that most people could do without much training. It also might help to give more people pride in their community.

Of course it it hard to require community service unless you make it an alternative to going to jail.

Detroit would also need to set aside a sizable amount of money to defend against the civil rights lawsuits that would undoubtedly ensue. A lot of people don't believe the government has the right to require them to work, and some will likely make accusations of slavery.