Sixteen year old Tara Perry followed her man into crime and madness and it cost her forty years of her life. Sixteen and a sophomore in high school she was easily convinced by her convict older boyfriend Randy Miller to go on a crime spree. Promising to remove her from her painful home life, Perry was infatuated with Miller. Tara says the three day crime spree seems like a movie. Although she was a minor, she was given a very adult punishment. She was handed a sixty six year sentence for her attempted murder, assault, robbery and other charges. Her attempted murder charge is from an accidental firing of her semi automatic rifle in a robbery. She aims her gun at no one, threatens no one, and no one is injured. Her sentence is reduced to forty years.
Tara was emotionally and physically abused by her boyfriend. She was basically brainwashed and completely under his spell. She couldn't separate herself from him even though she knew she should. The back story about her childhood is sad and depressing. This kind of thing happens everyday and goes unnoticed. Its ridiculous that she has lived a better, more fulfilling and happy life in prison than she had living freely.
This is an example of the criminal justice system failing. The charges and sentence she received was grossly unfair. When people are sent to prison they are supposed to be rehabilitated. Tara has has become an educated, a college graduate, and rehabilitated.That is the idea behind prison. Tara has taken the opportunity to become rehabilitated but it doesn't matter to the criminal justice system. So what is the point?
i like the way the author split the article into small paragraphs, making it easier to read and keeping my attention longer. It is written in a way that it flows well and keeps you wanting more, however, the article was a lot longer than i think it needed to be.The author did a good job of making me feel connected to Tara, and have an emotional reaction to this sad story.
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