I found these cases were extremely depressing to watch and somewhat frustrating. The idea of kids spending their lives in a jail cell just brought no sense to my mind until I heard the stories. Although, I found that some of the cases were not entirely fair. For example, Erik Jenson did not cause harm to anyone yet he still got the life sentence without parole. He got the same sentence as the one who actually committed the murders. Also, Jacob Ind had been abused and raped by his parents and ended up in jail for ending it. Of course he wasn’t innocent for doing what he did, but the judges didn’t even blink about sending him to life without parole instead of sending him off somewhere to learn and get help.
In the end I agree strongly that Nathan Ibanez gets jail without parole for murdering his mother. Nothing makes murdering okay, no matter the circumstance. I agree that the teenager Trevor Jones should get life without parole. Even though he fessed up in the end and said it was an accident, he still committed unforgivable crimes. In his case, his plan went from robbing a guy to murder, which has no innocent side to it. I agree as well that Jacob Ind should get a harsh punishment. Although he got a harsher punishment for which I would give, I still agree he deserved something rough. Murder is serious no matter what.
It’s hard to come up with a right punishment with such cases. I find that we judge quickly with what we see, and never end up getting the full story. In the end I think the courts knew what they were doing since they had all the information and we only got glimpses. Maybe justice was served after all.
