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In reply to the discussion: Teen convicted of killing baby gets life in prison [View all]christx30
(6,241 posts)Make it to year 39 or 57. And the point of the sentence will be made within the next two years. This young man will look at that tiny cell and he will begin to grasp that he will never leave that place. He will never go to college. He will never get married.
What would be the point in letting him out in 10 years? If I were the parent of the baby he shot, I would be angry. I could have a beautiful 10 year old child running around the house. But instead all I have is a picture of my murdered child. And his murderer is now 27 and free to make a life for himself. He probably still has the same mindset and the same friends, still living in the same culture.
Screw this "kid". He made his choice when he decided to go the criminal route rather that working and making something of himself. That's one slot in a good 4 year school that can be filled my a decent person.