The Super Preditor Myth

Judge mark chiverella had a nickname in pennsylvania, mister zero tolerance. In fact, when he first ran for judgeship back in 19 95, he used this as his campaign ad: if given the opportunity to try a juvenile offender as an adult,. If you're at ten, you can expect that i will impose the maximum sentence allowed by law. Mark chiverell a judge to protect all of us. As insane as an ad like this sounds to day, chiverell's whole tough on kid's thing got him elected twice. You have to understand the timing in the context. The idea of this coming generation of ten preditors that was going t rise our neighborhoods was