Yep, he committed a grown up crime, so he should have been tried and sentenced as a grown up, not released after a few years of “civil confinement”, whatever that is.
I’m not against treating juveniles differently than adults when they commit crimes, but for a murder this cold-blooded, we would be foolish to treat them as anything less than a grown-up threat to society.
I’m not opposed to felons having weapons but truly dangerous felons should not walk free for anything less than 20 or 40 years.
The guy that murdered firemen in Christmas beat his grandmother to death with a hammer in the mid 80s. He should have never walked free again.
From my perspective, the idea of “juvenile justice” was to deal with a kid breaking windows with a slingshot or shoplifting a candy bar. That sort of youthful indiscretion should be punished, but it shouldn’t follow you for your whole life.
When you get into violent crime, all bets are off, and as you say, the perps should be tried and sentenced as adults.
How about registering felons and psycho-killers, despite their ages, instead of legal guns?
This guy was another Newton waiting to happen.
At least the police finally followed up on complaints, just in time, I think.