much lesser sentence in adult court. The court upheld the sentence and deemed it was in the best interest 
of the child. As a result of the case, parens patriae was back. The court ruled that “importance to the 
commonwealth which is vitally interested in rescuing and saving its children, wherever rescue, care and a 
substitute for parental control are required, to the end that they may, in the enjoyment of sober, industrious 
and happy lives, fill the full measure of good citizenship.” 
Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System
395