A slave, an orphan and a POW...all teenagers. If any one of the
above teenagers perpetrated a serious crime on you or one of
your family members, you might as well give up the thought of
any kind of punishment, retribution or justice. It's a "Given"
in this day and age, that the Defense blames teenage crime on
the environment, dysfunctional families, lack of education,
society and even Tom and Jerry cartoons,...but never, ever the
poor, misguided teeny bopper that actually does the crime. And
guess what? The bleeding heart jury usually agrees! "He was a
slave", the attorney will say, " sold to slave traders by his
own brothers when he was just seventeen. Coming from such a
dysfunctional family, there is no way he could be found
responsible for his crimes." The jurists nod in agreement as he
lashes out at society's lack of tolerance. "She was an orphan",
the attorney laments, "by no fault of her own. With Mother and
Dad both dead, she was taken in and adopted by an older cousin,
which was not the happiest life