If anyone else has ever worked in this field before as well the younger someone has their first crime and the more violent it is the more likely they are going to be in the revolving door criminal justice system. I'm sure he will be right back in with a crime like that at that age.
This individual case was over charged though. Kid should be placed in juvenile home and spend a few years there. That way he can get his GED while getting locked up and get some employment training and a job before he is released. If he shows positive progress then release him once he hits 18.
If he doesn't and shows the behavior that got him locked up send his ass to prison.
One of the issues with the United States is it creates a unique type of criminal that other countries don't see. The level of greed and worship of money as a religion makes crime more attractive. Plus since the age of Prohibition, criminals have been romanticized in our country.
With the destruction of the family unit crime will always increase as well as young men will look to someone else to get a male influence and there happens to be a lot of negative and criminal male influences where father figures are not.
This individual case was over charged though. Kid should be placed in juvenile home and spend a few years there. That way he can get his GED while getting locked up and get some employment training and a job before he is released. If he shows positive progress then release him once he hits 18.
If he doesn't and shows the behavior that got him locked up send his ass to prison.
One of the issues with the United States is it creates a unique type of criminal that other countries don't see. The level of greed and worship of money as a religion makes crime more attractive. Plus since the age of Prohibition, criminals have been romanticized in our country.
With the destruction of the family unit crime will always increase as well as young men will look to someone else to get a male influence and there happens to be a lot of negative and criminal male influences where father figures are not.