16-year-old sent to Utah prison for 15 years after judge changes terms of plea deal

[dem in texas]

57. A sixteen year kid doesn't always have good judgment

About 15 years ago, I was on a jury for a young man charged with capital murder for driving the get away car in robbery where one of the victims was killed by another of the robbers. The young man had no criminal record and this was the first time he'd been in trouble. I asked his age when he committed the crime and the judge said he was not allowed to tell (since then Texas law has been changed). Later, I looked it up on line and found that he was sixteen when the robbery occurred. I knew he did a really bad thing, but I raised three teenagers and they can do really stupid things. I thought he should serve some time, but not a real long term. anyway, it didn't matter because the defense took me off the jury because of the question I asked.

Yes, this kid in Utah did a really bad thing, he used extremely bad judgment, but what a waste to lock in him all those years.