Juvenile Prosecutor Switches Sides
By Jeralyn, Section Juvenile Offenders
Posted on Wed Nov 20, 2002 at 02:10:28 PM EST
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Posted on Wed Nov 20, 2002 at 02:10:28 PM EST
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Marc Shiner, who prosecuted 13 year old Nathanial Brazill for killing his teacher, has switched sides. He is now defending juveniles and decrying the Florida juvenile justice system.
"Shiner says he switched sides to fight what he calls Florida's flawed criminal justice system -- one that goes strictly by the book in sentencing juveniles, without regard for what drove them to crime or how they might be rehabilitated."
"How can we play God with children's lives? And why should we be in that business to put away kids forever?" he asked. "We don't know. We're just gambling. And that's a gamble I don't want to be betting on."
Good for him, we need more prosecutors like him who will speak out on obvious injustices in our system.
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