For the past week it has been almost impossible to avoid seeing the disturbing video of 6 teenage girls savagely beating one if their former friends. The idea that young teenagers could plot something so inhumane and disgusting is just mind blowing. The idea that these 8 teenagers ranging in age from 14 to 18 could all possibly be tried as adults seems a bit excessive so the question now being asked by the public and the media is, does the punishment fit the crime? The young girl was kidnapped and beaten unconscious for 30 minutes but some media response to the arrest of the 8 teens is that this was just an act of kids being kids and sometime kids get beat up. Although i strongly disagree with this point and believe that this situation is much different than a kid getting beat up on the back of a school bus, I don’t believe throwing 8 teenagers in jail will solve anything.
