"Why even have juvenile courts if you want to make all children suffer adult consequences?"

Juvenile courts deal with all sorts of crimes, but some, like murder, are better dealt with in "adult" court...

"Steal a pencil from Food Lion at age 8? SORRY Thats a shoplifting charge young man, 2 years in lockup!"

You are so ignorant of the juvenile court system. That's absolutely NOT how it works.....

"How sad that America is so backwards and bloodthirsty."

Exactly how would YOU suggest we treat murderers?

"A police state with a lack of compassion and yet the crime rate still goes up and up and up..."

We are far from a police state.... And it is not up to the police to PREVENT crime. There is some responsibility that lies with parents as well. And we also need to blame the CRIMINALS, who are the ones who cause the crime rate to go up...

According to Juvenile law, have them imprisoned until 21. After 21, there record is wiped clean, and any crimes commited after "that they can be tried as an adult. But under no circumstances should a juvenile be tried as an adult, they are kids not adults."...rk1115.... So let me get this straight... You feel that they should only be imprisoned for 8 yrs (for the 13 yo) or better yet only 5 yrs (for the 15yo) for murder, then they should be turned back out on the streets and their record wiped clean??? That is in NO WAY adequate punishment enough for taking someones life is it???

Monca, the "bloodthirsty" crowd you speak of cant read this right now, as they are in jail, where they belong. To equate stealing a pencil with murdering someone takes a very misguided perspective. Yes, they deserve to be tried as adults, since they chose NOT to act like children.

A 13 year old to be tried as an adult? THIRTEEN YEARS OLD? Why even have juvenile courts if you want to make all children suffer adult consequences? Steal a pencil from Food Lion at age 8? SORRY Thats a shoplifting charge young man, 2 years in lockup! How sad that America is so backwards and bloodthirsty. A police state with a lack of compassion and yet the crime rate still goes up and up and up...

I am always sad when anyone decides to resort to taking the life of another. My respects to the families, all of them! This is a grievous time for all the parents. With that being said,I plead with the family of these boys (deceased and the accused) to speak out against gang violence. Be truthful in the matter...all these boys, the deceased included were/are gang members! They have no respect for themselves, nor the their families! They go into these senseless gangs, knowing that they stand for BLOOD IN-BLOOD OUT (THEY BLEED WHEN JUMPED IN, THEY WILL BLEED WHEN KILLED OUT!) I know that all parties involves are/were near and dear to those who love them, but if they all speak out and tell the truth, and the truth of the matter is-ALL OF THEM-YES,ALL OF THEM WERE AND ARE GANG MEMBERS, PERIOD!I only pray that they all believe in JESUS! Cause at the end of the day, what we think the punishment should be doesn't matter..GODS JUDGEMENT IS THE ONLY JUDGEMENT THAT MATTERS!