There have been a series of injustices in the Massachusetts juvenile justice system. They passed a law which was enforced 15 years ago. According to which the teenager criminals which author called “super-predators” were to be punished severely by the law. There have been a few cases in the history of the state of the Massachusetts where the non-criminals characters who have a very minor or no records of criminal activities in the past got a severe punishment and those young criminals who did a very severe crimes like murders with the violence and having a very big record of criminal activities got no punishment at all or very small punishments compared with the first case.
This act of the Massachusetts justice system make the public angry who uproar their vices against the injustice in the state. The law was passed on the basis of some of the cases in the Massachusetts State which made the government and policy makers to pass the law. Among these cases, the characters of Hall and Odgren cases as well as the case of Edward O 'Brien are very prominent. The cases of the Hall and Odgren and the injustice with them made the policy …show more content…
According to this law, the teen criminals who convicted a murder crime will must aid life in prison without any chance of being released. Before this law, the teenaged killers could only be sentenced to jail until they reach their age of 21 years. After the age of 21, the case were to be transferred to the adult court and they were to treat them as adult criminals. Before this law, there was not a god implementation of the law I the State because the history showed that out of all the teen murders from 1996, only 14-16 got the punishment of the life sentence. And most of them who got the punishment, were the criminals who were not a regular
This act of the Massachusetts justice system make the public angry who uproar their vices against the injustice in the state. The law was passed on the basis of some of the cases in the Massachusetts State which made the government and policy makers to pass the law. Among these cases, the characters of Hall and Odgren cases as well as the case of Edward O 'Brien are very prominent. The cases of the Hall and Odgren and the injustice with them made the policy …show more content…
According to this law, the teen criminals who convicted a murder crime will must aid life in prison without any chance of being released. Before this law, the teenaged killers could only be sentenced to jail until they reach their age of 21 years. After the age of 21, the case were to be transferred to the adult court and they were to treat them as adult criminals. Before this law, there was not a god implementation of the law I the State because the history showed that out of all the teen murders from 1996, only 14-16 got the punishment of the life sentence. And most of them who got the punishment, were the criminals who were not a regular