I think that putting more money in education instead of increasing penalty would be more effective. ... Long before Jonesboro, the governors of California and New Mexico appealed in the name of victims for juvenile crime for laws to lower their state's execution ages to 14 and 13 respectively. They wanted to abolish the protective segregation of child from adult inmates and limit parole for juvenile offenders. ... I believe this shouldn't have happened. ... I doubt that a ten year-old be conscious of what he is doing. ...

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