evastation of crime and just the senselessness of crime"(Robert Kline; Newsweek; 2002). In a speech given by Congressman Bill McCollum, he spoke of America's children claiming "they are the predators out there, they are not children anymore. "These children are the most dangerous animals on the face of the earth". Indeed, the majority of Americans continue to support the death penalty-even as applied to children.
             The original founding of the juvenile justice system was based on the words of rehabilitation and in the best interest of the child, and it was founded under the doctrine of parens patraie which means- the state as the parent. The doctrine was adopted from the English tradition of common law, which encouraged all adjudications of juveniles to be in the child's best interest. The state was to treat a child who broke the law much as a wise parent would deal with a wayward child. Under this doctrine, juvenile lawbreakers were viewed as victims of improper care, custody and treatment at home, and the state had a
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