Injustice's Role In The Youth Criminal Justice System

The next day a neighbor kid knocked on the door but when no one answered he peered through the window to see the two bloody bodies on the ground. He went home and told his mother or father (I've seen both, so not too sure.) Thinking the son was just teasing, they went over and to their dismay it was true. They called the police and that's when they found the parents dead downstairs and the little boy upstairs and Jasmine was no where to be seen. At first authorities thought that Jasmine had been abducted and sent out an amber alert about her. They later found evidence that she was involved in the killings and they were later caught about 100 miles away from where the killings took place.
Jeremy Steinke was brought to trial in December 2007 and was found guilty and charged to 3 life sentences, being eligible for parole when 25 years are served. …show more content…
Due to the Youth Criminal Justice act, since she was only 12 at the time of the murders she COULD not be tried as an adult, no matter the crime. Despite being charged with 3 counts of homicide, she is only sentenced to 10 years. The 18 months she was behind bars prior her trial were added to the ten years. Four years were to be served at a psychiatric ward, and four and a half years were served in a conditional supervision in the community. While in the community setting she was a freshman at Mount Royal University. She is now completely free furthermore she no longer goes by the name Jasmine Richardson. I do not know what she goes by now and I didn't even try to look that up, since she is in