Should you be punished for something you did as a child 25 years ago?
346982
u did the thing 25 years ago.. and u know its bad.. am sure the amount of guilt u feel every time u think of it through these 25 years or whenever u knew it was wrong is enough, more than enough to punish u.. but still.. u gotta do something to pay back that certain person..even if without him knowing..
133171
People think that spanking children is wrong!!!!!  However I was spanked as a child, and I am fine I have a great marriage, have only been married once, have a great job went to college. Yada yada yada.  My little brother wasn't spanked he has been married 3 times all ended in divorce went to jail when he was 17 he's been in and out of trouble.  I personally think that spanking is not a bad thing
931980
GO to the police. no there is no statute of limitations on child abuse. if you dont go you it will eat at you for the rest of you life and you will not be able to be completely happy. also go to counsoling. it really does help and you will be able to move on.
703730
You will more than likely have to pay for the damages that you did and have to do some kind of community service; you may also have to go to jail also, although they will put you in juvenile detention and now you will also have a criminal record. Good job...I think what you and your friends did is totally uncalled for and you deserve whatever the Judge gives you. Maybe you'll think twice about it the next time you're going to do something that stupid!
231068
It all depends on the crime. For the most part i believe if your grown enough to go and do an adult crime then you need to do the adult time. If we continue to let the youth get away with serious crimes then older crimebodies will continue to get our youth in trouble. We must raise our children correctly so they want end up in some prison but there are certain things that is morally wrong no matter if your 15 or 35 and those are the crimes our young "adult" should be charged for.
536599
how old you are to do this thing
572643
It's never okay to pull children into adult activities before they have had the chance to experience childhood.  How dare anyone to intrude on childhood for personal gratification.  Seek help, this is just sad.
717228
i think something should have been done to the first guy when he was younger both to shape him up and to punish him. he was however somewhat innocent when he was younger, and also a minor, so even if he should be punished now, it should not be nearly as severe as the second guy who should get a long prision sentence or if he is justifiably mentally ill, a term in a mental institution.
1051147
of course. are you the same person you were at 17? \n\nif he's spent a lot of time in jail, however, i'd realize that mental health issues resulting from that kind of thing can cause all kinds of repercussions.
143395
As wrong as it was to do something like that, being that it was almost 10 years ago I believe it is too late but if you really want to pursue this, check with a lawyer, they would know what the statute on something like this would be
740734
Too soft on repeat offenders. But by and large kids today don't get away with anything close to what I got away with when I was young. Of course everything fun wasn't illegal then, and you didn't get hauled into court for inconsequential like fighting.
503570
Definitely!  When  I was in school there was corporal punishment and in my opinion it worked great.  Kids had respect for their elders.
560859
Your time to appeal has long run out.  Not to mention, you plead guilty.  There are no appeals to a voluntary guilty plea absent some sort of ineffective assistance of counsel claims, claims of coercion, etc.  Even if your time to appeal had not yet run, the evidence is now 25 years stale.  There is no way to revisit this.\n\nMy lord, why would you even consider this?  Why do you need to get rid of a conviction from 25 years ago?  If there are practical reasons such as an inability to gain employment as a result of the conviction (which I highly doubt given the age of the conviction) then you might be able to move the court to expunge it from your record.  For this, you will need an attorney.  Expect to pay anywhere between $200 and $400 per hour.  You're probably looking at a $5,000 retainer depending on where you live.
269992
Yes, I believe they would be ashamed, they would be in shock...I wish it was like it was back then, I'm 27 but I know alot of older people who hate how much things have changed....
1167530
Spanking a kid of any age is child abuse.
296903
By the age of 13, a person understands that if they murder someone, it is forever.  They know the difference between right and wrong.  So yes, if they commit a crime, they should be treated as an adult and receive the same punishments.
317054
No. The reason why I'm here and answering this question is because I did things in my past that I regret or even hated. These things that we have been hating and want to get back at or rewind are the reasons we are who we are today. \n\nIf ever we regret the fact that we are who we are, it is the same thing as regreting what we chose before. Because if you ever wanted to undo the bad things that occured to you, there is no way to redo the good things, or even bring back the times after you changed your fate.