out of a juvenile detention center when he is eighteen? Because that is what would happen, even if he committed a double homicide he will only spend four years in a detention center! That is a shame, imagine that you were the parent of one of the victims, would you be satisfied with that sentence? I should hope not. That is why it is so important for lawmakers to put some laws on the books allowing prosecutors to impose adult sentences on juveniles, so when they do turn eighteen they will not be walking free, instead they will be walking through the gates of an adult maximum security prison. According to the Council on Crime in America, a bipartisan commission chaired by former Attorney General Griffin Bell and former White House Drug Policy Director William J. Bennett, crimes committed by male's ages 14 to 17 will increase by 23 percent between 1995 and 2005 (Wittiuk 438). Because of the deterioration of family life, and also because of their easy access to guns, these juveniles are likely to commit more vicious crimes than their predecessors, targeting strangers as well as known enemies. Louis Freeh, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, believes that continuation of current trends in juvenile crime "portends future crime and violence at nearly unprecedented levels." Recent reports of juvenile crime dropping are of little comfort in light of the coming demographic surge of juveniles in their crime-prone years from dysfunctional families. Growing numbers of young people, often from broken homes or so-called dysfunctional families, are committing murder, rape, robbery, kidnapping, and other violent acts. These emotionally damaged young people, growing up without faith, fathers, or families, often are the products of sexual or physical abuse. They live in an aimless and violent present, have no sense of the past and no hope for the future, and act, often ruthlessly, to gratify whatever urges or desires drive them at the moment. They commit unspeakably brutal crimes against other people, and the

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