Man, a killer at 11, sentenced in drug case

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28509445/



In Pontiac Michigan Nathaniel Abraham was sentenced to 20 years in prison on a drug conviction. Now 22, he pleaded guilty in November to a charge of possession with intentions to deliver a controlled substance. When Nathaniel was 11 he shot an 18 year old man and was sentenced 10 years with second-degree murder. He was also arrested for having 254 ecstasy pills in his vehicle which he was seen selling at a gas station. Nathaniel believes that he will make a mistake again because he is human basically but he says "Given the opportunity, I know I can be a success to the community."

Recently I watched a 30 Days episode where the host of the show was put into jail for 30 Days to see what it was like. He discovered that many of the people in that jail had been in jail numerous times before, mostly drug related. This came to my mind while reading this article because this wasn't the first time that Nathaniel was in trouble with the law and it is bound to happen again unfortunately. In the 30 Days episode the host had a conversation with one of the inmates where he talked about not wanting to get arrested again and he wanted to make a positive change in his life. Again I thought about this when the article talked of Nathaniel saying that givin the opportunity he can do good things. As far as I am concerned everyday he wakes up is the opportunity to do something good, instead he chose otherwise. It just seems like these men talk of high hopes and dreams but they don't follow threw with it because they get caught up in the life they have always had. It is difficult to make that derastic of a change but it for surely can be done. Nathaniel deserves the time he has recieved because not only was he harming himself with the drugs, he was opening up the door to so many more to do the same thing with thier lives and get way to caught up in it. I really hope that these next 20 years are used to really get some thinking done like said in the article as well and hopefully not end up back in jail again.