In a tense courtroom, a teenage defendant was handed a jaw-dropping 985-year prison sentence — one of the harshest ever given to a juvenile. As the judge read the verdict, the teen’s stunned expression said it all: his life had just been permanently rewritten.
The sentence followed a lengthy trial over multiple violent crimes that had shaken the community. While some see the punishment as justice for the severity of the offenses, others argue it erases any hope for rehabilitation.
Footage of the moment has gone viral, igniting fierce debate worldwide: Should a teen be condemned to die in prison, or should even the worst offenders get a chance at redemption?
