This documentary goes over quite a controversial topic about sentencing juveniles to life imprisonment. It mainly focuses on Josh Phillips' case, with. Morgan Leppert's case also being mentioned in this documentary as well. Personally I found it quite difficult to gather a lot of information about the case with Josh Phillips, and the documentary showed me just about everything I needed to know, with regards to the neighbourhood, the sides of both stories, what Josh Phillips was like prior to the incident, things like that.
It also shows, into great detail, the new sentencing hearing which took place back in 2017. I could barely find any of the footage in trial over on YouTube, but thankfully I saw everything I needed to see here, so that's good. I suppose that is quite important, as you can have a look at the persuasive arguments between both sides regarding whether Josh Phillips' life without parole sentence should be upheld.
In the middle of the documentary we also see another case regarding Morgan Leppert, which admittedly was one that I was not too fond of, as further information about that case was hard to come across. I would have preferred that segment of the documentary to come at the end, rather than right in the middle, as it did make me lose track a bit. I wouldn't really consider Morgan Leppert's case to be all that interesting (by that I mean unique), as this sort of thing does happen a bit too often than I would like it.
All in all, a great documentary that had me knowing everything there is to know. There are a few set backs though. I would have preferred two separate episodes or parts with the two cases, that way there's an easier choice of variety, but I suppose that wouldn't really be in the interests of the producers of this documentary. Another problem is that, while it's true that Susanna Reid did indeed get to talk with Josh Phillips, I don't think it's detailed enough for my liking. That same-old question regarding why Josh Phillips did what he did still has no straight answer, sadly. Maybe one day?
Also, has anyone noticed the uncanny similarity between the incident and the South Park episode Good Times with Weapons? Or is it just me? Either way, I'm mentioning this as that episode of South Park did kind of influence my opinion about Josh Phillips.
