Juvenile Justice <Tab/> Lionel Tate, the youngest person in American history to be sentenced to life in prison, was recently released on the terms of 1-year house arrest and 10 years probation. After serving 3 years in the Okeechobee Juvenile Offenders Correction Facility, Judge Joel T. Lazarus released Tate on his own recognizance. He will now plead guilty to charges of 2nd degree murder. <Tab/>Tate served as an …showed first 75 words of 677 total…

…showed last 75 words of 677 total…children as our future if our most valuable lesson in life is taught behind bars when it is all too late? The justice system must come to some level plain for juvenile justice or the next thing we know we will have children straight out of day care serving 25 to life with no parole for assault on a fellow classmate. Take Tate as a valid example of what a faulty justice system may lead to.