[so_real]

A twelve year old is too young to sentence to life imprisonment. A death sentence would be far more merciful. But I say bring back the penal colonies. Collect the child, his mother, and his father. Exile them to a remote location with no conveniences where they are forced to rely upon one another and God for survival. There they will find opportunity to live productive lives, or perish. Lest we forget thanks to our contemporary public education system, America was used by the British as a penal colony right up until the American Revolutionary War. And look how successful we turned out. The system has merit.

[DTogo]

And look how successful we turned out.

/s ??

[VanShuyten]

I would prefer a little “Clockwork Orange” psycho-social remediation.