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On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:30:21 GMT, while chained to a desk in the
scriptorium, TopPoster@postter.com (TopPoster) wrote:
> $In article <ovv4h1hoteohdc7epicsssab872ouc2paf@4ax.com>, nospam@sprynet.com 
> $says...
> $>
> $>On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 02:56:09 GMT, while chained to a desk in the
> $>scriptorium, "X" <X@fake.email> wrote:
> $>
> $>> $In Canada - a youth murder sentence is pretty will over with by the time a 
> $>> $youth turns 18 so they can have a clean adult record.  Sad, but true.  Back 
> $>> $a few years ago - a youth broke into a church, murdered the priest for a 
> $few 
> $>> $bucks, in youth detention until 18, then released.  Name held secret.
> $>
> $>That's one of the sad things about our youth justice system.  Kids can
> $>get away, almost literally, with murder.
> $>
> $
> $Maybe, but THE saddest thing about society is that there are so many 
> $adult losers who look to anything, even something as benign as the 'youth 
> $justice system' to whine about rather than face their own situation as losers.

The youth justice system isn't exactly benign.

While I don't disagree that kids who not knowing any better, get into
trouble for comparatively minor offense like shoplifting, shouldn't be
saddled with the stigma of a criminal record, I think we have taken it
too far the other way.

When kids start doing serious offense, like the one(s) who were tossing
rocks at passing vehicles on the freeway a couple of years back, we need
to take a harder line.

--
John Fleming
Edmonton, Canada

     A Dreamer is One Who Can Only Find Her
     Way by Moonlight.

          -- Oscar Wilde