Crime and Punishment U.S.A.

It is a sad state of affairs in this country when parents who have already been traumatized by the loss of a child have to go through the added pain of not only burying their child but then having to have the body exhumed in an attempt to see that justice is served. I am talking about the case of 14 year old Martin Lee Anderson who died after a beating at the hands of guards at a youth boot camp for juvenile offenders in Florida. Even though the beating was caught on tape, the initial cause of death was ruled to have been due to a pre-existing blood disorder and no arrests were ever made in this case.

The State of Florida like most other jurisdictions in this country were all to eager to make this an open and shut case, forget about justice. In this case they wanted justice to turn a blind eye to the facts. But the family has not been deterred in their quest for the truth. They are fighting to bring the light of truth to the situation which resulted in the death of their son. The local district attorney, now having to save face, is going to be investigating further. Had the wheels of justice been turning to begin with, a proper investigation would have been done and the guilty punished and the family of Martin Lee Anderson, would still be in pain but they'd at least be on the road to recovering from this tragedy instead of having to revisit it all over again.

And what heinous crime did Martin Lee Anderson commit that resulted in his being sent to boot camp in order to receive a fatal beating at the hands of these savage guards? He had stolen his grandmother's car and had violated his probation. So it all makes perfect sense. In America it is not about redemption and rehabilitation it is about punishing someone just for the sake of punishment. And for Martin Lee Anderson his final punishment was a senseless death at a young age.

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