Crime and Punishment are very difficult areas to appease everyone and do the right thing.

A judge has a certain number of responsibilities to fulfill, not least of which is the end result of all of this as far as the guilty party is concerned and how that will follow through to society.

Here is a teen who, regardless of his actions to date, still has the chance of becoming an upstanding contributing member of society. Despite failing in his legal and social responsibilities this person showed no intent to kill and prior to sentancing has an incredibly low risk of recidivism.

What value is there in a form of punishment that run a significant risk of turning him into a career criminal whose existance will diminsh the value of his environment and make him an economic and aesthetic burden on society?