A Tragic Story

I justed wanted to say I'm lucky enough to live in a state that does not allow for children to be tried as adults. Their are only 15 stares in America that allow that to happen and I'm making it my goal to change those states through my blog. To help with this I want to tell a very emotional story about an unlucky child. 

Their have been many cases in which a juvenile has been tried as a adult but the case of Jimmy Stewart touched me the most. Jimmy was at his third year at Wheat Ridge High School in Denver. He did what most high school student do and he went out to drink but sadly he got drunk and tried to drive home. On the way home he killed Nathan Woods. He work with the police and was very sorry for his crime. He even wrote a 6 page long letter to the Nathan's wife Iman. Even though he did all of this the district attorneys wanted to try him as an adult and were able to because a law passed in 1993. If you ask me I think the District Attorney's office was using jimmy as an example to other kids to get them to stop drinking and driving. This tragic Ann's cruel dission made jimmy depressed enough to hang himself when he was left alone in his cell. Even Iman felt bad about what with jimmy. This case shows the injustice of trying children as adults because in some cases it can even push people to killing themselves. 

Citations

- http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_10871303