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Should violent young offenders be getting stiffer punishment?
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BILLY L. WAS ALREADY due in court for armed robbery when he, along with two teenage friends, came upon a homeless woman in New York City’s Central Park. On the spur of the moment, they beat her with a pipe and repeatedly raped her. At the time, Billy was 12 years old. Upon apprehending the youths, police found evidence leading them to believe that, a month earlier, Billy had murdered a woman in a similar rape and beating. At a hearing in New York’s Family Court, Billy received the maximum penalty a 12-year-old could get: 18 months at an upstate boys camp. After a year at the camp, Billy was moved to a community reentry program, where he was allowed home for visits. On one of those visits, he disappeared. To critics of the juvenile justice system, the case of Billy L. is but one example of a legal process gone awry. Time and again, they say, the law allows young offenders to get away with serious crimes simply because they are children. DELINQUENT ACTS” Under adult law, murder, rape, and armed robbery are punishable with serious jail time. But under juvenile law, they are not… More : accessmylibrary.com |
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