Douglas Christopher Thomas, 17 fatally shot his girlfriend’s parents as they slept in their home, according to the January 11th Minot Daily Newspaper. The girlfriend’s parents had been trying to end their relationship for months and out of frustration and anger Douglas went along with his 14-year-old girlfriends wishes. Should Douglas be liable for life in prison or even death row? In some states surprisingly he is, children even as young as thirteen are …showed first 75 words of 532 total…

…showed last 75 words of 532 total…allow one in 10 juveniles incarcerated to locked up in adult prisons anymore. Bibliography Bibliography “Adult Time for Adult Crime?” Read Nov. 1999: 14-15 “Juveniles get little rehabilitation.” USA Today Fields, Gary 16 Dec. 1999 “They say system needs to distinguish between troubled youths, criminals.” Dallas Morning News Gay, Lance 5 Oct. 1999 “Public clamors: Get tough at a tender age.” USA Today Peterson, Karen 9 Oct. 1998 “Regrettable regression in the way we treat young criminals.” The Washington Post Mara, L. Sept. 29 1999