Penalties?

Now that Johnny and Tyrone are in jail for killing little Eric, Lloyd and LeAlan go around interviewing people to find out about Johnny and Tyrone’s past. Lloyd and LeAlan come across two officers that patrol the projects. Officer Laurie Sabatini and Officer Dannie Hixon when asked about Tyrone they told Lloyd and LeAlan that he was a good kid that hung out with the wrong group of kids for example a kid like Johnny. When asked about Johnny they answered that he was a troubling kid, which would like to look at the older kids in the streets and be just like them. They also told Lloyd and LeAlan that Johnny has had a lot of run in with the cops and that if the punishment for juveniles was stricter, Eric’s death could have been prevented. (Pg 133) Sabatini “I think that if Tyrone and Johnny had been incarcerated after the first heroin incident, or gun incident, or crack incident the child probably would not have been killed.” Do you believe that the government should make stricter penalties for juveniles?