Our outmoded juvenile laws were designed for "delinquents in need of help" on the assumption that children are still in a developmental stage and are incapable of forming criminal intent or understanding the consequences of their wrongful acts.
Our state and federal laws have set an arbitrary age, usually 18, at which an offender is judged to be an adult. In some states it is 16 or 17. If a juvenile commits a really serious crime, he can be referred from a juvenile jurisdiction to an adult court.
I've always believed that setting an arbitrary age divide was a lot of horseshit. Delinquents are those little farts who are truants or commit petty crimes, not those assholes that shoot up neighborhoods, sell dope, forcibly rape women, commit armed robberies and other serious crimes.
Our laws on juveniles should be rewritten to protect the public from young criminals. Instead of letting a juvenile court determine whether a juvenile should be tried as an adult, it should be the other way around. For serious crimes, a youth should be handled as an adult from the get-go and then the courts can determine whether or not he should be referred to a juvenile court as a delinquent.
That’s my take on how our laws should be rewritten to handle young pukes like this 14-year old worthless piece of shit.
14-YEAR OLD WANTED IN TWO RAPES SURRENDERS
By Bob Walsh
PACOVILLA Corrections blog
January 17, 2012
A 14-year old suspected in two armed robberies and rapes surrendered to the cops today.
Brionn Glasper was wanted in the robbery and rape of two women, both 28, in two separate incidents over six days in Oakland. The cops took the unusual step of releasing his name, though not his photo due to legal issues, to the press while he was being sought.
The first victim was attacked at 10:00 p.m. on January 6. She said a young man who was possibly simulating having a gun walked up to her, demanded her wallet and raped her. The second victim was attacked about 9:30 p.m. on January 12 by a young man on a bicycle. Both women were forced to isolated areas where they were sexually assaulted.
Glasper surrendered at Juvenile Hall in San Leandro about 10:00 a.m. today. I wonder if that was wishful thinking on his part? With luck this little shit will be prosecuted as an adult for kidnapping, robbery and rape. It’s times like this where a reasonable person gets angry that the Supreme Court outlawed execution of juveniles, no matter how heinous their offense. If I remember correctly, Chessman was executed for kidnapping under roughly similar circumstances, though he was of course not a juvenile when he committed his infamous “red light robberies.” Nice thing about trying the little bastard as an adult, the county won’t have to pay to keep him locked up.
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