Activist Judge

From this article:

BOSTON (AP) — A juvenile court judge shocked prosecutors by setting bail at $250,000 for a 12-year-old boy charged with firing a gun in the city.

The district attorney's office had asked for only $5,000 bail when the boy was arraigned Tuesday on a juvenile weapons possession charge.

Judge Paul Lewis said he'd lost patience with youth violence after 23 years on the juvenile bench.

"These kids don't take responsibility for anything," the judge told The Boston Globe after Tuesday's ruling. "They're fearless. It's out of control. It's beyond out of control."

The boy's lawyer, Mariann Samaha, said he is developmentally disabled and has never before been in trouble with the law. She plans to appeal the bail ruling.

Judge is an asshat, I guess the whole "excessive bond" thing does not apply in his courtroom. And to those of you who complain about 12 year olds who have access to guns, expect the NRA to jump up and down screaming. As for the boy, he has never been in trouble with the law before this, is developmentally disabled, has access to guns, and lives in a culture that values violence. This (as we can see) all adds up to disaster.