Should juvenile murderers be sentenced to life in prison?

The problem with the story and what the real issue is the nature of the sentence.
Its just plain dumb and lazy. It makes as much sense as other knee jerk reactions to law and order issues.

[JU_88]

I dont know what the solution is, but it winds me up when people give too much consideration to the human rights of violent criminals, those said people never consider the human rights of their victims, do they?
That said it depends on the circumstances of the crime.
But if some one is killed or badly hurt in an unprovoked attack, and the person(s) responsible shows no remorse, then that person(s) needs be off the street - perminantly. Lock them up or excute them, I dont care, but Im pretty sure society does not want them back.
I see no problem with capital punishment for repeat offenders, nobody gets wrongfully convicted two or three times in a row.

Oh and even 10 year olds understand that murder is wrong by societies standards. So I dont have much sympathy even for child murderers. Sorry.

That said it depends on the circumstances of the crime.

Which is why mandatory sentencing is just dumb and lazy.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Life sentence? No. 20 years of intense Algebra and Trig training, yeah! That'll teach them.

Well that way it'll soon only be teachers that are getting murdered and I know I often felt like murdering mine during my school days

[AVGWarhawk]

Boot camp.

and Tribesman says....

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by yubba

,they killed once,,, when will they do it again...

I don't believe in every case the person who has killed makes it a career.

and Tribesman says....

...it depends on the offender and the program

[Jimbuna]

Speaking from a UK stance...a crime is a crime and the age of criminal responsibilty is clearly set out.

There are statutes which a judge has to take into consideration and equally so....if you don't want to do the time then don't do the crime.