That poor woman, I would like to see her kill that Judge if it would bring her any peace. I bet she would do it, just to see if it did.

He should be sentenced to the combined sentences of all the kids he put away with all his assets liquidated and divided amongst the victims. But naaaaaw, never happen, that would be too much like justice. Can't have that nowadays.

Stop the war on drugs.

He's lucky she just yelled at him...if that was me it would have got physical at the very least. He deserves to rot in jail.
>> ^csnel3:
That poor woman, I would like to see her kill that Judge if it would bring her any peace. I bet she would do it, just to see if it did.

Wow, CNN is really scraping the bottom of the barrel for reporters.

Send a Judge to jail with people who put away. Don't think he'll last long.

Yeah, the reporter should interrupt the grieving mother more. What we really want is his take on the issue. >> ^Opus_Moderandi:

Wow, CNN is really scraping the bottom of the barrel for reporters.

Prisons and detention centers should not be privatized and for profit.

Why would he kill him self over a minor charge?

Not to defend the judge or the "war on drugs" at all but, if the kid killed himself over going to JH, he had bigger issues. It's sad that he didn't get help but that part isn't the fault of the judge.

What's wrong with you anti-americans! Can't you leave capitalism alone and keep those damn kids in jail?

Don't you guys wish we could do this to every rich fuck on wallstreet?

>> ^RedSky:

Yeah, the reporter should interrupt the grieving mother more. What we really want is his take on the issue. >> ^Opus_Moderandi:
Wow, CNN is really scraping the bottom of the barrel for reporters.



I was referring more to the amateur-ish, high-school-play-like delivery

abuse of *law

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>> ^xxovercastxx:

Not to defend the judge or the "war on drugs" at all but, if the kid killed himself over going to JH, he had bigger issues. It's sad that he didn't get help but that part isn't the fault of the judge.


At some point it isn't, however......over punishing petty crimes even if he didn't take bribes for it is bad. Add in taking money for it, makes it worse. He had incentive to send people who were obviously not meant to be there away for crazy amounts of time given the "crimes" (which are highly debatable and subjective). It's not just the judges responsibility or for that matter a jury's responsibility to send people away for as much time as possible, but also to make sure the person is mentally capable of understanding that they committed a "crime" and that the punishment given them will correct the problem. If you got a guy who has no record, has a trivial offense for a multi-offender..but one that for a first time offender is so minor as to be laughable. The scare of being in front of the judge would often times correct the issue, but if not, they hand out probationary periods and mandatory drug tests to show them how inconvenient their life can become if they keep up with the drug path.

He chose, for money, to skip all other avenues at his disposal on a first time offender with a very very very very very very minor non-violent offense and sentence him with time in juvenile detention. I mean that alone could very well ruin your chances at anything since anyone who knows you spent time in juvenile detention is gonna wonder how fucked up you are...since historically this is a place they put the too young to be tried as adult whack jobs....or the kids who never seem to attempt to turn it around and keep stealing cars or mugging people.

And to think that if he had probated the kid, there would have been a chance to find out the kid had mental issues? Maybe he was bipolar or schizo. Many doctors find that bi-polar sufferers tend to self-medicate via drinking or drugs. The kid wasn't given a chance to be diagnosed, he was stuck straight into the worst possible place someone with a fragile mental state should be stuck...no "alternative" was offered him...it wasn't a choice anyone but the judge could have made. And he made that choice for dollars in his pocket, condemned a kid with a potentially fragile mental state to a living hell for someone that age...who came out broken. Because why bother? He was shown that a judge will not show leniency he will put you away for as long as possible, whether it's the best option or not. I mean seriously, that is a system that promotes you "die by cop" every time you break the law..otherwise you might spend life in prison putting cash in some judges pocket.

It is most definitely the fault of the judge, and it's even more so if the judge didn't have him mentally evaluated or the government didn't try to help the kid out when he got out. That is all on the judge, he exacerbated this kid's problems by an immeasurable amount.