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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good. A 17y old is not an adult and should not be tried as one. I feel very sorry for the victim’s family, but trying this juvenile as an adult would not bring the victim back ir do squat for the family’s pain. [/quote]

And I’m just SURE you would feel the same way if your own child was murdered by a drunk.

Liar.[/quote]

DP, but that's the point. Victim's families are too close to the matter emotionally to make these decisions. If it were my kid, I would be devastated and probably cry for blood...that's why I wouldn't be on the jury, or be the judge and prosecutor.

Law and justice is not about emotion, in the end, or it shouldn't be.[/quote]

But the criminal justice system, when it works properly, is supposed to result in punishments that are appropriate and proportionate to the crime. In this instance, policies that are generally designed to yield a balanced result, failed the victim’s family and the community miserably.  Because there has been no criminal accountability for an incredibly serious crime, you will see outrage in the community and from the victim’s family and possibly lawsuits so driven by passionate anger that there is no room to settle or do anything other than seek some sort of legal or public consequence that the criminal justice system failed to deliver.[/quote]

If he were an adult.

He’s not. 
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Juveniles aren’t outside the justice system, they are simply treated with special considerations given their age/development.  We may strike the balance differently when adjudicating the rights of a minor to take this into account,  but the community still has the right to expect significant consequences for heinous crimes.  Whatever was delivered here was inadequate and the justice system failed to serve its crucial role of demonstrating to the community that there are real consequences for doing horrible things. The kid who bit my son in kindergarten was treated more harshly than the driver in this case.[/quote]

Then complain about the judge who didn’t decide on the full length. 
And complain to the sentencing commission for their recommendations.

Blaming this all on Parisi is political play. [/quote]

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