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Adolescents, maturity, and the law: why science and development matter in juvenile justice.(SPECIAL REPORT: JUVENILE JUSTICE)
American Prospect, The, September, 2005 by Fagan, Jeffrey
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ANTHONY LASTER WAS A 15-YEAR-old eighth-grader with an IQ of 58 who was described by relatives as having the mind of a 5-year-old. One day in 1998, shortly after his mother died, Anthony was hungry, so he reached into the pocket of another student in his Florida middle school and took $2 in lunch money.
The boy's family reported the crime to the authorities, and the local prosecutor, Barry Kirscher, decided to prosecute Anthony as an adult. It was Anthony's first arrest. He spent the next seven weeks--including his first Christmas since his mother died--in an adult jail waiting for ...
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