Juvenile Justice System: A Case Study

One inmate that had been sentenced for her first criminal offense of armed robbery to ten years. She was to serve five in the prison system and the remainder on probation. According to her version of the incident, her boyfriend was the troublemaker and main perpetrator of the crime. Even though he had a serious criminal history and had previously received a life sentence for murder, he only received a sentence of six years of which two years he would serve in prison. He was later paroled after only serving 13 months. (Georgia Commission on Gender Bias in the Judicial System, Atlanta, GA, 1991)
In 2009, Karen Black stabbed and killed her husband, Wayne Clarke. On the day of the killing, Wayne had been repeatedly criticizing Karen and “nagging