our criminal justice system is a joke. Fortunatly it is in the process of bankrupting state governments so at some point sentencing laws will be revisited.

Hey, she got lucky though, she didn't get caught in the trend of sentencing juvi's to life without parole. Those kids really get screwed. The ones that get a death penalty get all kinds of review and legal aid. Get life without and all your 16yo gets to do is ride out a 50-60 year sentence.