[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

No one has to "welcome her back" or do anything that they don't want to do, but a 13 year old shouldn't be locked up for life for a violent outburst, and the idea that they should be is utterly ludicrous. An adult male with previous assault charges wouldn't get life for a knife attack causing superficial injury or anything even close to it.

As for the likelihood of rehabilitation, that depends entirely on the circumstances -- there are probably some very obvious reasons that this young person has ended up like this. Like I said, "evil" doesn't exist and if a child is violent, 99 times out of 100 it's because they've experienced serious violence and abuse themselves.

I agree that I don't support a 13 year old being locked up for life (especially as I'm currently having sympathy with a 19 year old that killed an innocent man whilst high on drugs, and driving) so I'd be a hypocrite if I didn't agree with you on this topic really.

And Caleb (the 19 year old in question) had his life ruined by society, and reports were going around that he tried to kill himself, but he killed an innocent man instead.

But my sympathy for him is on how society pushed him over the edge.

And I am interested to see how a 13 year old has got so violent.