George Trevino The 300 Kid
The 300 Kid
The phrase "300 kid" might be very foreign to you and everybody around you. In contrast in the halls of a Juvenile court it's a phrase that is heard to often."How could you blame him, he was a 300 kid". A "300 Kid" is one of those unintentionally dehumanizing verbal short hands so common in the juvenile system. So what is a "300 Kid" it's a synonym for a foster child, dependent child, a beaten, battered, and abused child. In the juvenile system young reoffending offenders are looked at as delinquents and should be locked up and thrown away the key. When in reality what we should do is examine there childhood and figure out at what point did things start going array. We should ask our self these questions? Was he abused? What kind of family did he get brought up with? Drug dealers? Law-abiding parents? These are just few of many questions that one judge or Probation Officer should ask himself before rendering that immense sentence "Transfer him to adult court."
George Trevino was what the state made him under the juvenile Court's guidance and protection- as a victim, not a victimizer- a bright, law- abiding A student with a love to write poetry. For years he was entrusted to neglectful, drug-addicted guardians. He was allowed to roam the streets, to experiment with drugs, to drop …show more content…
George's minimal involment in two previous cases one being a mere passenger in a stolen car, and the other an unarmed latecomer to the schoolyard fight- he was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and, car theft, both felonies. Later he took part in an Armed Robbery where one person was shot, the ringleader of the robbery and besides him no one was harmed. Instead George was looking at up to 29 years for this sentence. A bit unfair for a child that was bounced around from foster home to foster home, who really didn't no any
The phrase "300 kid" might be very foreign to you and everybody around you. In contrast in the halls of a Juvenile court it's a phrase that is heard to often."How could you blame him, he was a 300 kid". A "300 Kid" is one of those unintentionally dehumanizing verbal short hands so common in the juvenile system. So what is a "300 Kid" it's a synonym for a foster child, dependent child, a beaten, battered, and abused child. In the juvenile system young reoffending offenders are looked at as delinquents and should be locked up and thrown away the key. When in reality what we should do is examine there childhood and figure out at what point did things start going array. We should ask our self these questions? Was he abused? What kind of family did he get brought up with? Drug dealers? Law-abiding parents? These are just few of many questions that one judge or Probation Officer should ask himself before rendering that immense sentence "Transfer him to adult court."
George Trevino was what the state made him under the juvenile Court's guidance and protection- as a victim, not a victimizer- a bright, law- abiding A student with a love to write poetry. For years he was entrusted to neglectful, drug-addicted guardians. He was allowed to roam the streets, to experiment with drugs, to drop …show more content…
George's minimal involment in two previous cases one being a mere passenger in a stolen car, and the other an unarmed latecomer to the schoolyard fight- he was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and, car theft, both felonies. Later he took part in an Armed Robbery where one person was shot, the ringleader of the robbery and besides him no one was harmed. Instead George was looking at up to 29 years for this sentence. A bit unfair for a child that was bounced around from foster home to foster home, who really didn't no any