Life without parole at 16

This is hard to watch.  I cried.  It's so sad to see her life wasted.  I understand that it is possible for a person to be in a place where they basically have no moral compass.  I think at some points in my life I got close to that place myself.  I also hear a contradiction in her story she tells.  There's this and that.  Back and forth. 

A reverence for life includes a reverence for the life of each human being.  If we can't teach each other this-- if we can't learn this, then we must change the way we do things until we can teach and learn respect and compassion.  This is possible, so we should do it.

The only people condemned to life in prison should be hopeless psycho- or sociopaths, which are people who don't have a conscience.  The woman in this video may not be a spotless person, but I think she is showing some genuine and congruent emotions.  I think she is capable of learning to live as a heart-centered human being among others.  The way things are going, the only chance she will have to do that is to live as a heart-centered human being in a prison among other prisoners.  I hope that she will do that.  The heart of the universe is generous and loving.  I'm sending her some of mine.  And let's not forget to send our compassion to the pimp, the other girls, the johns, and the families of those involved. 

Maybe it's the cultural myths where we get to tell ourselves that we're "better" than those who aren't into prostitution and drugs that keep us blind to and tolerant toward the oozing sores that fester on the surface of our society.  What would we do about them if we really cared?