Moving Juvenile Justice Towards Restorative Justice | Capital Commentary

Moving Juvenile Justice Towards Restorative Justice | Capital Commentary by Rachel B. Livingston.  MGB: Most crimes, while not excused by insanity, are in some way caused by either mental illness, alcoholism or addiction - with illiteracy as a confounding factor.  Both children and adults should be treated as patients, not prisoners or even penitents.  While children can't be locked up with the key thrown away, neither should adults.  Life without parole for anyone basically guarantees death by the state - but a slow lingering one.  All convicts should be held both until they are safe and for what amounts to the minimum sentence for their crime should they plead or are found guilty by reason of insanity (a new and much needed plea to avoid most trials - as long as the innocent are not railroaded to take it).  After that improvement, age segregation will matter less, although is likely still appropriate.