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CHRISTOPHERS BILL - THE JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM ACT

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John Drummond, Senator - South Carolina Legislature, SC Senate
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In SC and other US states, children as young as 10 are being arrested, tried, convicted and sentenced as adults under mandatory sentencing mandates. Children are being sentenced to mandatory terms created to net young people involved in gang violence and the drug trades. Children are being sentenced to life without parole. Often under the influence of prescription drugs, otherwise average and above average children commit unthinkable crimes. These children are then thrown into a court and sentencing system designed for hardcore adult criminals. Mandatory sentencing does not take into consideration the past non-violent social history or the effects strong prescription drugs have on young minds. The results are ruined young lives. We need your support. Please sign this petition and lend your name to the pursuit of Juvenile Justice.
In SC and other US states, children as young as 10 are being arrested, tried, convicted and sentenced as adults under mandatory sentencing mandates. Children are being sentenced to mandatory terms created to net young people involved in gang violence and the drug trades. Children are being sentenced to life without parole. Often under the influence of prescription drugs, otherwise average and above average children commit unthinkable crimes. These children are then thrown into a court and sentencing system designed for hardcore adult criminals. Mandatory sentencing does not take into consideration the past non-violent social history or the effects strong prescription drugs have on young minds. The results are ruined young lives. We need your support. Please sign this petition and lend your name to the pursuit of Juvenile Justice.


TO: THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE

PETITION TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE INVOLVING CHILD SENTENCING REFORM IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA JUDICIAL SYSTEM

We the undersigned, do hereby petition the South Carolina Legislature to immediately and without delay open a joint discussion on the juvenile justice system.

We the people support judicial discretion for the punishment to fit the crime in every case. Judges should determine appropriate sentences based on the facts concerning juvenile cases that come before their court.

Judicial discretion is "American Justice". Congress built departure authority into the sentencing system when it passed the Sentencing Reform Act in the 1980's. Departure power is necessary to guarantee a fair and just criminal justice system.

Mandatory minimums established for adult sentencing deprive judges of the right to dispense juvenile justice on an individual basis. Prosecutors and mandatory minimums currently dictate sentencing which is often inappropriate for crimes committed by children.

South Carolina judges should have their authority restored enabling them to dispense fair and just sentences to the children of South Carolina in the juvenile justice system.

WE THE UNDERSIGNED, DO HEREBY PETITION THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE TO SUPPORT AND PASS INTO LAW;

CHRISTOPHER'S BILL (THE JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM ACT)

1. NO CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF 14 MAY BE SUBJECTED TO MANDATORY SENTENCING.

2. CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 14 WHEN CHARGED WITH A CRIME SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE OR RELEASE AT THE AGE OF 21.

3. CHILDREN WITHOUT A HISTORY OF PRIOR CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR SHALL NOT THE TRIED IN AN ADULT COURT.

4. REHABILITATION WITHIN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM MUST INCLUDE COUNSELING AND EDUCATION.

5. CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 14 MUST HAVE AN ATTORNEY OR GUARDIAN PRESENT BEFORE THEIR MIRANDA RIGHTS CAN BE READ.

6. CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 14 MUST NOT BE QUESTIONED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT WITHOUT AN ATTORNEY OR GUARDIAN PRESENT.

7. ANY CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF 14 WHO COMMITS A CRIME WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A PRESCRIBED MIND-ALTERING DRUG MUST BE TRIED AS A JUVENILE IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM.

8. ANY MENTALLY ILL OR MENTALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF 14 WHO COMMITS A CRIME MUST BE TRIED AS A JUVENILE IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM.

9. THIS BILL IS RETROACTIVE FOR 10 YEARS FOR CASES INVOLVING CHILDREN THAT WERE UNDER THE AGE OF 14 AT THE TIME OF THEIR ARREST AND LATER TRIED AND SENTENCED AS ADULTS.

Authors Janet Sisk, Michael and Sheila Maloney

Organization Justice for Juveniles

Copyright 2005 Justice for Juveniles
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# 5,260:
4:51 pm PST, Nov 20, John Rosario, New York
Kids don't belong in jails. They belong in Rehabilitation Centers. My view of it is that adults today are afraid that these kids are the ones who are going to run the country in the future. But haven't some of us, at some point, committed a crime in the past even though we never got caught? I'm not afraid to admit that I have but I turned my life around just in time to prevent myself from getting caught. I matured and figured out that I was making the wrong choices in life. Now I am in college trying to get a Criminal Justice degree to fight this cause from the inside. Without our kids, we have no future.
# 5,259:
2:47 pm PST, Nov 15, Name not displayed, United Kingdom
# 5,258:
12:44 pm PST, Nov 10, RACQUEL HUMPHREY, Florida
THIS IS A MERE REFLECTION OF HOW MANY FLAWS THAT OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM HAS. THIS CHILD IS NOT ABLE TO SIGN A LEGAL BINDING DOGUMENT NOR WATCH A MOVIE, DRINK OR STAY HOME ALONE, BUT HE IS ALLOWED TO BE CHARGED AS AN ADULT, LIVE WITH HARDCORE CRIMINALS, BE EXPOSED TO SEXUAL ASSAULTS AND HARDOCRE CRIMINOLOGY. THIS IS AN OXIMORON. A WOMAN CAN NEVER BE A MAN, A DOG CANNOT BE A CAT AND A CHILD CANNOT BE AN ADULT! IF MICHAEL JACKSON'S DOCTOR CAN BE TRIED FOR MURDER FOR GIVING DRUGS, WHY AREN'T THESE DOCTORS AND MEDICINE COMPANIES ANSWERING FOR THEIR INJUSTICE. PLEASE FREE THIS BABY, 12 YEARS OLD, I THINK WE ALL HAVE WISHED THAT OUR PARENTS AND OR GRANDPARENTS WERE DEAD WHEN WE WERE MAD AND COULDN'T GET OUR WAY BUT WE DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO GUNS OR MEANS TO DO IT. THE REAL QUESTION IS WHY DO WE PERMIT KIDS AT THIS AGE TO USE GUNS OR GIVE THEM ACCESS TO THEM. I AM WILLING TO BET THAT THIS GRANDFATHER TAUGHT THIS CHILD FROM A YOUNG AGE HOW TO SHOOT AND KILL WHILE HUNTING AND HE COULD NOT DIFFRENTIATE THIS AT HIS YOUNG AGE. HE HAS ALREADY BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH, HE WILL FOREVER HAVE THIS ON HIS MIND AND IN HIS PAST. FORGIVE AND MOVE ON.
# 5,257:
5:15 am PST, Nov 10, Tammie Travis, Florida
what are we doing to our children and they are chilren...
# 5,256:
6:48 am PST, Nov 6, Thacher Dodge, New York
# 5,255:
9:04 pm PST, Nov 1, Marsha King, Virginia
This a grave miscarriage of justice
# 5,254:
4:00 pm PDT, Oct 30, Sean Pitts, Ohio
I think Chris has suffered enough Please let him free.
# 5,253:
10:53 pm PDT, Oct 28, Name not displayed, Illinois
Senator Drummond, Christopher Pittman IS innocent! Several years ago, I had to be taken to the emergency room because of a reaction to an anti-depressant that I was taking. I was stuggling with absolute rage and suicidal thoughts. I was absolutely, positively not in control of myself, hence the emergency room. All of the commercials for anti-depressants make sure to include warngins about suicidal thoughts and often state that they are not for those under the age of 18. Christopher was not responsible for his actions. The zoloft psychosis had complete control of him. He is NOT NOT NOT a criminal and does not belong in prison. There is so much medical evidence to support Chris' innocence. Please, can he get someone to review his case again and grant this young man a new trial. Thank you.
# 5,252:
1:40 am PDT, Oct 28, Brittany Moore, Florida
I learned of Chris' story tonight on Investigation Discovery, and could not believe what I saw! I'm not one who usually buys into different types of insanity defenses, but this was clearly an instance when someone is not in their right mind at the time of a crime. As a woman, I have been on a couple contraceptive pills, and one in particular completely altered my thinking and actions. I was depressed, irrational, and had suicidal thoughts. As a child, my husband was on Ritalin and he experienced fits of rage that were so bad he opted to just deal with ADD. If these adverse effects can be experienced when taking a medication not designed to alter your mood, it seems plausible that an anti-depressant can have even more severe effects on certain individuals. The two jurors, who went along with a guilty verdict just to appease the other ten, changed this boy's life forever. He deserves a retrial.
# 5,251:
12:24 am PDT, Oct 28, Nancy Frazier, Indiana
I have taken different anti depressants off and on my entire adult life. Luckily, I have had very conscientious doctors who monitored me closely. One of the first ones ever prescribed to me actually had a very negative affect on me. I was no longer depressed, but wanted to lash out instead, which is definitely not a characteristic of mine. I refused to take them. I would rather be depressed,ie; mad at myself, than furious at others. I was an adult and recognized the drug was dangerous. A twelve year old child wouldn't even be able to realize that their thots were not their own. He should not even be in prison.
# 5,250:
6:10 pm PDT, Oct 27, RC D, Georgia
I saw Chris' plight on "Investigation Discovery" on TV tonight, and and I was appalled that the medical profession prescriped Zoloft to Chris. I personally was prescribed Zoloft, and it altered my personality while I was on Zoloft. Doctor thought I was stressed/depressed. I told the doctor that something was not right, but he told me to keep taking Zoloft. Yes, the drug made me very aggressive and caused abnormal thinking. I was lucky that I did not get into any trouble. Despite the "good doctors" advice, I decided to quit taking the drug, and I was better. This happened ten or so years ago when I was in my 30's. Zoloft, and other SSRI's, are NOT a drug to prescribe for any reason! True, murder is wrong, but is it Chris' fault that his doctor prescribed this poison while it is not recommended for children? Chris' doctor, and Pfizer needs be held accountable for ruining Chris' livelihood. Chris has a lot to live for; not stuck in prison and letting life pass away. I am sure that his departed grandparents will understand that it was not his fault. My prayers for Chris' release.
# 5,249:
11:32 am PDT, Oct 26, MARIE KELLY, United Kingdom
SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING FROM PRE-HISTORIC TIMES, DOES THAT REALLY HAPPEN! GOD IM SO SHOCKED AND ASHAMED OF THE ADULTS OF THAT CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, THATS NOT JUSTICE, WAKE-UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE THEIR CHILDREN FOR GODS SAKE, I WOULDNT WANT TO BE A CHILD OF THERES IN THERE HOUSE.. SOCIAL WORKERS, DOCTORS AND A GOOD LOVING HOME IS WHAT THESE KIDS NEED, KIDS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM CAN ONLY BE VICTIMS OF THERE OWN UPBRINGINGS, ITS NOT THERE FAULT THEY ONLY LEARN BY WHATS GOING ON AROUND THEM THEY HAVENT HAD TIME TO DEVELOP FULLY TO BE PRE-MEDITATED CRIMINALS, GIVE THEM A BREAK, HELP THEM INSTEAD IT WILL BE MORE PRODUCTIVE. IN THE LONG RUN, ITS TERRIBLE THAT WE EVEN HAVE TO BE SAYING THIS
# 5,248:
6:55 am PDT, Oct 25, Helena Adorno, Connecticut
PLEASE revisit this very unfair law.
# 5,247:
2:04 pm PDT, Oct 24, Wendy Miller, Connecticut
Dear Senator Drummond, I am signing this after watching Frontline's "When Kids Get Life" - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/whenkidsgetlife/. It's truly shocking that in the United States over 2200 children have been sentenced to life in prison WITHOUT the chance of parole. This needs to change and Erik Jensen needs to be released immediately. Respectfully, Wendy Dow Miller
# 5,246:
5:40 pm PDT, Oct 23, Vanessa Ramos, Puerto Rico
I'm a single mom of three little boys. I think that Chris is innocent. Zoloft is a dangerous medication.My youngest sister used it an she became so anger and she said that the zombies around her bed doesn't leave her rest and sleep. She cried every time. zoloft make her life so difficult until her dead.
# 5,245:
7:47 am PDT, Oct 19, Cheryl Collinsworth, Ohio
It is a disgrace that our judicial system can let this happen. A 12 year old boy is a child. They do not have any other adult rights so how can we justify them being tried as an adult. We are supposed to protect our children. This child will spend 30 years in jail and a child molester/killer will be out in 10. Why are we letting this happen?
# 5,244:
1:32 pm PDT, Oct 13, Mike Burgie, Illinois
a 12 year old is a child. and if he has emotional problems, cannot be held responsilbe. Therapy, not incarceration, is the answer. Love, kindness and support is what is needed, plus a dr who prescribes properly. Children are NOT adults, have not adult privledges so therefore should not be treated as one in court.
# 5,243:
7:31 pm PDT, Oct 12, Levi Watson, Georgia
I truly believe in my heart that Christopher was and still is innocent of ALL charges against him! I continue to pray for his safety and for his family as well. . . Some how, some way God WILL work this situation out and you will be free again. So until that day, please keep your head up and know that we are ALL praying & rooting for you!
# 5,241:
8:14 pm PDT, Oct 11, Name not displayed, Arizona
How could any child, no matter what the reasons or issues be held liable as if an adult? This is absurd. I would hope our country has become civilized enough to realize the differences between an adult and a child. We seem to have defined it well regarding sexual issues....
# 5,240:
5:11 pm PDT, Oct 11, Autumn Pike, South Carolina
This case needs to be reviewed by the Supreme Court. He needs to be released -- what's left of him after experiencing the prison system. What a travesty to try a young child on SSRIs knowing how many people have experienced violent impulses and suicide attempts.
# 5,239:
5:57 am PDT, Oct 9, Becky Perry, Virginia
# 5,238:
4:01 pm PDT, Oct 5, Thomas Lorek, Illinois
I am in support of of the petition because youths under the age of 16 need some hope and system of rehabilitation after serving time even for first degree muder, because they are not fully developed till like 18 or 19
# 5,237:
12:18 am PDT, Oct 5, Sandra Birmingham, Australia
# 5,236:
7:29 pm PDT, Oct 1, Ann Stuetzer, New Mexico
Cases should be handled differently for children and especially children who are abused. Our court system is a nightmare!
# 5,235:
6:28 am PDT, Sep 28, Deangela Forbes, Indiana
I have worked with at risk youth and also have earned an Associate's Degree in Criminal Justice-Corrections. This story is so heartbreaking and unjust. The system definately needs to be revamped. It is cases like this that make the American people lose faith in the Justice system. There is no justice in punishing a young child for actions beyond their control.
# 5,234:
2:42 am PDT, Sep 27, Rebekah Scott, Missouri
I have been working with at-risk youth for over a decade now and know first-hand the effects of anti-depressants like Zoloft can do to a child. I believe that this young man (who was pre-adolescent at the time) could have been rehabilitated. I am shocked that he was found guilty and given that amount of time at just 12 years of age. I pray that he gets another chance at life before his 42nd birthday.
# 5,233:
5:01 pm PDT, Sep 26, James Lueck, Texas
# 5,232:
6:18 am PDT, Sep 26, Eli Is Here, Pennsylvania
# 5,231:
6:16 am PDT, Sep 25, Dante Cottingham 259241, Wisconsin
FROM LOST BOYS TO FOUND MEN There's a population of prisoners within the United States prison apparatus that were waived from the Juvenile court system into an adult system and given lengthy prison sentences. These men have been incarcerated for the past 10-15yrs, and for alot of them they have another 10-15yrs to complete before they are even eligable for parole. This specific population of prisoners have successfully transformed from lost boys to found men despite the prison enviroment's relentless promotion of malfeasance. Just as you and every other mature adult has, these men have shed their adolescent skin, nature/time has freed them from their myopic cages, that was, their adolescent brains, leaving no resemblance of the child that came through the prison gates 10-15yrs ago. These men are, fundamentally speaking, completely different people, just as you are fundamentally different today than you were in high school. I thoroughly and intimately know these men, for I am one of them, and I walk amongst them. We represent a small proportion of the prison population but our lights shine brightly within this cave and our hearts pound in rhythm with everything positive behind these cold walls. We want the world to know that we are here, that we exist. For waivering it's hildren into the adult prison system and giving lenghty sentences is a fairly new American trend, which makes our existense within the U.S prison population a new phenomena. So we want to give our voiceless existence a loud clear message and our invisability a form. We are the portion of the prison population, the only portion, that are well into our adulthood though we never committed a crime as adults, yet we are being forced to pay with our lives for a childhood mistake. "Does it not come a point when one person (the man) is being punished for the actions of another person (the child) ? http://releasethechange.blogspot.com/
# 5,230:
7:42 pm PDT, Sep 24, David Wilson, Arizona
# 5,229:
6:18 pm PDT, Sep 24, Name not displayed, Georgia
Chris have been on my prayers. He spend almost half of his life away from his family and loved ones. Hope that he will have his freedom soon.
# 5,228:
7:47 am PDT, Sep 23, Wendy Parsons, Pennsylvania
# 5,227:
7:12 am PDT, Sep 23, Karen Masseria, North Carolina
I have been praying for Christopher since I first heard of this tragedy. I will still wake up in the middle of the night to pray for him. When I see commercials on TV for anti-depressant drugs and they issue their warning about children under the age of 18, I will pray for Christopher. I have shed many, many tears over this travesty of justice. I did not know this site existed until a friend of mine told me today. I will do all that I can to see Christopher's freedom restored and to see his life given back to him with complete vindication!
# 5,226:
7:10 am PDT, Sep 23, Name not displayed, North Carolina
This is the result of giving drug companies power. Doctors are not informed enough by drug sales reps. They are too busy to stop and listen to the drug reps... Doctors .... why arent you stepping up to save this boy?? !!
# 5,225:
12:50 pm PDT, Sep 22, Haydn Lambert, Illinois
# 5,224:
5:26 am PDT, Sep 22, Charlotte Byrd, West Virginia
This hits home, as my grand daughter has lost her rights as a 13 year old to choose which parent she wants to live with in a father molestation case. It has been ongoing for 5 years now. The cost has been astronomical in the court systems and for my daughter financially. The therapist keep telling Sarah that she has no RIGHTS.
# 5,223:
4:59 am PDT, Sep 22, Brenda Padgett, Georgia
The justice system has gone insane with power. I can't see trying children as and adult my gosh they are only children.
# 5,222:
6:06 pm PDT, Sep 21, Name not displayed, South Carolina
# 5,221:
3:47 pm PDT, Sep 13, Taffy Brooks, Maryland
# 5,220:
1:41 pm PDT, Sep 12, Pamelyn Messbarger, Missouri
The stupidity of any law that can make a child be judged in an adult system needs changed. NOW!
# 5,219:
5:59 pm PDT, Sep 11, Sandra Naylor, Arizona
# 5,218:
6:52 pm PDT, Sep 10, Jeannie Kartis, Virginia
# 5,217:
1:56 pm PDT, Sep 10, Laurie Smith, Arizona
# 5,216:
12:46 pm PDT, Sep 10, Brandi Andrews, South Carolina
# 5,215:
10:58 am PDT, Sep 10, Theresa Simmons, South Carolina
Christopher was so young when this tragedy took place...a 12 year old little boy under the influence of mind-altering prescription drugs that were given to him by people who were mistakenly convinced by the drug company, that they were helping him. As a result of these drugs, he had absolutely no control over his actions, yet was tried and convicted as an adult. How this could happen to a 12 yr. old is something I will never understand. Please sign this petition.
# 5,214:
7:19 pm PDT, Sep 2, P. Williams, California
Thank you all for signing this petition and supporting Christopher's Bill - Juvenile Justice Reform. Please go to www.juvenilejusticefoundation.com and post your thoughts and personal stories. With everyone's support and efforts the system will change - go read this outstanding report, http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/news/story/856/ "From Time-Out to Hard Time: Young Children in the Adult Criminal Justice System"
# 5,213:
6:49 pm PDT, Sep 2, Ami Knepp, Iowa
My cousin recently hung himself while on an antidepressant! He was 39 years old, leaving a wife, 1 yr old, twin 8 yrs old. I am also on meds for depression, I can't get off of them and I to have several suicide thoughts, I even went to the extreme of trying to use the pills. The laws need to be changed with the insurance companies and the doctors. I'm not talking about this new idea of "one insurance through the government. PLEASE GET SOMETHING ELSE DONE!
# 5,212:
11:10 am PDT, Sep 2, Katherine Morton, Washington D.C.
# 5,211:
10:51 am PDT, Sep 2, Hadyn Thomas, United Kingdom
This story is tragic and disgusting! I expected better from the United States than to throw their children into adult prison. I hope the US Justice System grows a brain and sets this boy free and soon!
# 5,210:
8:57 pm PDT, Aug 28, Name not displayed, Rhode Island
I am a grandmother who has legal custody of my 15 yr old grandson. He was found at age 16 months living in sqalor in a third floor tenement, unheated with no hot water. He was standing in his crib with only a diaper on. His mother was entertaining 2 men. Here in New England it is quite cold in November. So we wre granted custody. My grandson is still depressed, has ADHD and other psycological issues steming from this trauma AND ABANDONMENT BY BOTH parents. With grace of God and a lot of love and patience He excells today. He has been medicated since age 4. In preschool some very good teachers that noticed that he was inattentive for age and hyperactive. There our search began for help. Fortunately we have good pediatric mental health facilities. After many trials with medications(7 yrs of trials) we finally got the medications that worked. He was twelve.He in under constant supervision and goes to a special school. I can tell you 1st hand how my child was damaged. He was damaged by abandonment and neglect. He has been suicidal and a very big behavior problem. God pray that the judge sees that Chris should not be tried and convicted as an adult for he suffers from not getting what EVERY CHILD NEEDS ---NATURING! If I can be of any help please contact me. Oh I have been an RN in RI for 25 yrs. The Judge Jerimiah chief of family court is also very knowlegable and an advocate of neglected children.
# 5,209:
3:12 pm PDT, Aug 27, Name not displayed, New York
My 14 year old son at the age of 13 was charged as an adult with 2nd degree murder in his fathers death.He also has psychological and emotional problems along with several developmental disabilities since birth. This child was severely and mentally abused, medically neglected and denied the medication he needed at the hands of his father for years.While removing him from this abuse was unsuccessful, charging him with this crime was.
# 5,208:
3:54 pm PDT, Aug 26, Tracey Black, North Carolina
A 12 year old child with know psychiatric problems should never have been tried as an adult. What could be accomplished by puting this young boy in jail. There he cannot receive the help he so deperately and obviously needed. He was a victim of an unsettled life and a medication that should never have been given to a child. Another proud moment for our criminal justice system!!
# 5,207:
2:10 pm PDT, Aug 26, Jackie Anello, South Carolina
# 5,206:
12:39 pm PDT, Aug 26, Stephanie Nesbitt, South Carolina
It is a shame that such a young CHILD, and I do stress the child, has lost his life because of a medication and ADULT prescribed to him. His confession should not even count because of the medication, and because he had no legal adult with him at the time.
# 5,205:
11:04 am PDT, Aug 26, Wendy Baldwin, Texas
# 5,204:
10:08 am PDT, Aug 26, Melissa McClatchey, South Carolina
In a state where adults get off with cold blooded murder with only 5 year sentences... why would our state try and make an example out of child...May God bless Christopher Pittman for all the horrible things that have happened in his life due to an inadequate state justice system.
# 5,203:
12:30 pm PDT, Aug 23, Kendra McInerney, California
I have a 14 year old son who is facing a 25 to life sentence and would like to become active in fighting against children being charged as adults.
# 5,202:
3:54 pm PDT, Aug 17, Deborah Debandi, North Carolina
# 5,201:
7:57 pm PDT, Aug 16, Wesley Perryman, Alabama
I truly feel that Christopher Pittman was treated unfairly. A child is never an adult!
# 5,200:
9:20 am PDT, Aug 13, Kelly jean Hall, California
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