To the Editor:
I am sitting here sad and crying. I just cannot believe our justice system. A 15-year-old boy was shot and killed by another boy. Our prosecutor agreed to a plea bargain of up to 2.5 years. This is something I cannot understand.
I do understand that in some cases, to convict, you need to plea bargain, but 2.5 years? Why not five or 10? Still not long enough, but at least some punishment.
How can his mother, father and family get any comfort from this? This young boy who did the shooting has just been put into time-out. Is that the correct punishment for killing someone?
Patricia Giuliani
Bargersville
