Justice and the Penal System
OK, so I've had my fun making fun of dog$ youtube killer. Now, it's starting to sink in that this little girl actually brutally murdered another girl.
It's not a new story either. But it makes you think about the problem and how our correctional system isn't built for this, or even less complicated crimes. So...
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What do you do with a teenage girl who stabs and cuts the throat of a 9-year-old?
We're not sure, says Missouri's juvenile justice system according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The case involves Jefferson City’s Alyssa Bustamante, 15, who’s in jail awaiting trial for allegedly murdering her neighbor, Elizabeth Kay Olten, 9, on Oct. 21.
It was ruled on Wednesday that Bustamante will be tried as an adult and that the prosecutor will be seeking life in prison without parole.
Missouri's justice system is trying to determine whether to send Bustamante to youth services for mental health rehabilitation or to adult prison where her attorney thinks she will be unable to survive.
But an added complication was introduced Wednesday when it was revealed that the state's juvenile justice system does not have a secure place for a teen girl accused of a violent crime.
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