In a letter to the editor printed in the January 3rd edition of the Omaha World-Herald, North Platte Judge John P. Murphy voiced his opposition to the practice of sentencing youth to life without the possibility of parole. Judge Murphy used the sentence himself in the case of a youth found guilty in 1990.
Since his use of the sentence, Judge Murphy writes, he has “learned of scientific evidence that an adolescent brain is not fully developed and that the ability of adolescents to understand all of the consequences of their actions is severely compromised in many instances.” Based on this evidence, Judge Murphy concludes that “it is appropriate to take into consideration adolescent immaturity when establishing sentencing schemes.”
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I believe these three kid where convicted of crime they did not commit, the judicial system is far more guilty of any crime that these children could have ever committed to hold them in segration tell they testified against each other is cruel an unsual punishment to allow the justice system be manipualated by some old forieng affairs officers for the love of money an prestiage an to cover up the fact that these children were abused by th police dept. for these people believe that they were guilty of any charges was insane