They do horrible, unchildish things because they they have had very horrible, unchildish lives. — Edward Humes Copy Share Image
“Locking everyone up is not the solution,' she sighs, staring into a cup of coffee gone cold as The Box at Juvenile… — Edward Humes Copy Share Image
“It's not like they can take anything from me,' he says later, back with his homeboys in Juvenile Hall. 'Ain't got nothing… — Edward Humes Copy Share Image
“we are waiting and waiting and doing nothing, until it is too late, and they commit crimes so serious that all society… — Edward Humes Copy Share Image
“These kids are already hard. They don't need to be made harder. The issue is softening them up. They need to learn… — Edward Humes Copy Share Image
Instead of spending the time and the money and the manpower on the front end, when children first transgress - and when… — Edward Humes Copy Share Image
“the fundamental question Juvenile Court was designed to ask - What's the best way to deal with this individual kid? - is… — Edward Humes Copy Share Image
“Is it always in the interest of the public safety to seek the prosecutor's traditional solution -- the harshest penalty possible? Or… — Edward Humes Copy Share Image
“Take a trip in my mind see all that I've seen, and you'd be called a beast, not a human being... Fuck… — Edward Humes Copy Share Image
“He wants to tell her that he is not hopeless, that he is not filled with hatred or violence, that he is… — Edward Humes Copy Share Image
Instead of spending the time and the money and the manpower on the front end, when children first transgress - and when they can… — Edward Humes Copy Share Image
“we are waiting and waiting and doing nothing, until it is too late, and they commit crimes so serious that all society wants to… — Edward Humes Copy Share Image
“Americans make more trash than anyone else on the planet, throwing away about 7.1 pounds per person per day, 365 days a year. Across… — Edward Humes Copy Share Image
“These kids are already hard. They don't need to be made harder. The issue is softening them up. They need to learn how to… — Edward Humes Copy Share Image
“the fundamental question Juvenile Court was designed to ask - What's the best way to deal with this individual kid? - is often lost… — Edward Humes Copy Share Image
“There are, in short, a multitude of ways for trash to escape and plastic to go missing. But there is only one ultimate end… — Edward Humes Copy Share Image
There are two theories of evolution. There is the genuine scientific theory; and there is the talk-radio pretend version, designed not to enlighten but… — Edward Humes Copy Share Image
“Take a trip in my mind see all that I've seen, and you'd be called a beast, not a human being... Fuck it, cause… — Edward Humes Copy Share Image
“(By contrast, 15 percent of Pennsylvania is publicly owned lands, as is 44 percent of California, 68 percent of Idaho, and more than 90 percent of Alaska.) In” — Edward Humes Copy Share Image
“Is it always in the interest of the public safety to seek the prosecutor's traditional solution -- the harshest penalty possible? Or is the… — Edward Humes Copy Share Image
