Editorial: A GOP bill offers Illinois teens serving long prison terms a second chance. It should become law
Newspapers and broadcasts teem with stories about teens and young adults committing crimes — many of them horrible and violent. Justice demands a fair trial, and if juries convict, then the appropriate sentence must be meted out. If the crime is heinous enough to warrant a longer sentence, so be it.
But we all know that teens and young adults are prone to making rash, irrational choices. There has to be a balance between a punishment that fits the crime and
