Teen Murderer Says Jail Is Too Hard, Appeals Sentence

A person’s life isn’t over until they are in the ground, or they loose all hope and soul. Even if he didn’t get out until he was 70, he could STILL have a chance at making a life for himself… it would be his own choice. You say that I make negative assumptions about people because I think he should be in jail. Personally I think that the assumption that his going to Jail for 22 years will prevent him from having a life when he gets out is a rather negative assumption about him, and humanity in general. I also think that believing that a person can have no choice in hanging out with the wrong crowd is a negative assumption, and that the idea that once they are in with that crowd they are no longer able to make positive choices and that they are thus no longer responsible for their own actions is a very very bleak and negative view of humanity… as is the idea that you can’t make a change in your government.

If any member of the American people has a good enough idea for reform that it’s superiority to how things ARE done is obvious, said idea can be a powerful one for change, and can lead to things changing for the better IF the person that has that idea (or those around them) believes in the potential for change.

As for teaching him to be an inspirational speaker, and having him do this job in a controlled environment… why not have him do it in jail? You paint a rather bleak picture of jail. And while depriving someone of their freedom isn’t all sun drops and roses, this person has a chance to earn an education and learn a trade while in Jail already… if he chooses to take it.

Some schools take their students on fieldtrips to Jail for the simple purpose of scaring them strait. If he wants to be an inspirational speaker, he doesn’t have to leave jail to do that.

 

You forgot to mention murderers.

Maybe I'm missing something here but isn't someone who jumps on a person's chest with the intention of causing their death and doing so just for fun, also scum of the earth?

 

So now it's the judges fault? krakjoe please put down the krakpipe and come back to reality.
IMO, your attitude on this sums up all that's wrong with the world today - Lack of Personal Responsibility. Blame everyone but the person who commited the crime. Yup, the "kid" is the real victim here

 

Now in Krakjoe's defense, he didn't say that the murderer was nessisarily innocent, nor did he say that the murderer shouldn't nessisarily be punished, he just argued against 22 years, the exact sentance. I would still like to hear his alternative suggestion though.

 

i feel bad for the victim , well done mr judge