Are we expected to pity them or something? Sorry, no sale.
shareIf anything I hope some kids will see it and make sure they don't do the same thing. I don't know. I kinda agree with you tho.
shareI don't think "feel sorry for" is what they were getting at. I think it demonstrated that we as a society need to take a look at the indivual and pay attention to their remorse and their actions before we essentially take away their lives. Yes, they've committed the unimaginable and yes they deserve to be incarcerated, no argument here! But as most of them said they have observed what they have done, have worked towards bettering themselves and instead of throwing away the key we should be using our critical thinking skills to determine if they would be ok to enter back into society or at least into a facility that better fits what they need (read: mental facility).
That Torrey kid though... He can stay in prison lol
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God, I wanted to pop his mother in the mouth. "B-but it's not his fault! He's such a kind person!" Sorry, lady. Kind people DON’T F#%@ING MURDER THEIR INNOCENT CLASSMATES IN COLD BLOOD ON A WHIM.
shareSo can Brian, did you not see through his acting? Every once in a while he would flash this smug look between the crocodile tears and would check to see if the camera man was buying his remorse. As screwed as Torey but Torey has not the brain to try to fake remorse and act contrite. Of the two, Brian would be more of a threat IMO but both should die in prison.
shareYes. Maybe you can muster to bring up a tiny bit of compassion for people who are for some reason messed up enough that they commit a crime and are now in jail. I really hate these primitive, overtly emotional angry responses to a crime that happened to someone else.
Besides that, the documentary is about kids who do something and pay for it for the rest of their life. People change, no one is who they are at 16 anymore. I cringe when I think about some of the stuff I thought, did and said at that age and I'm only 21. I think that the very basic ideas about life that I developed around age 19 or so will stay with me for the reat of my life, but I also realize that even my brain is still young and developing.
But go ahead and be emotional instead of rational. Why don't we just start hacking off limbs and lynching people again?
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The king sh*ts and the hand wipes.
It's a shame that you watched this film and that is all you took away from it.
shareI don't think we were expected to have sympathy for...all of them.
The law that this documentary centered around was about whether or not minors should have mandatory life without parole sentences or - should it be decided on a case by case basis in state jurisdiction. I felt the documentary did a very nice job of letting us look at both sides by presenting both killers who certainly need to be lifers (Brian and Torey) and those who need punishment but perhaps could be rehabilitated (such as Sean and Jacob.
The legislation passed is certainly not saying "no teens will ever have to face a life without parole sentence", it just saying that before giving those sentences out, the case, individual, and context should all be evaluated carefully and independent of others.