Analysis Of No Matter How Loud I Shout By Edward Humes

In the nonfiction novel, No Matter How Loud I Shout, by Edward Humes tells the story about the failings and successes of the juvenile system, through seven delinquents and their cases. Edward Humes is a nonfiction writer and Pulitzer prize winner in 1989. Humes has been writing since he started his writing career at a newspaper company. When he worked at the newspaper company, he was always drawn to the type of stories, that would allow him to dig a little deeper. After he quit his job he to started creating his own works of nonfiction, and would dive into his work with all the free time he had. During his time as a reporter, he was subjected to hard hitting stories, which influenced him in writing non fiction and true crime novels, which can

He would be described as a nice boy from a wealthy family, is on trial for the murder of his two bosses, that he attempted to rob. One important factors in this case, involves his age. At the time, California had a law passed, which stated that anyone under the age of sixteen, cannot be tried as an adult. The strictest sentencing they can get is being sent to prison, until they are twenty-five, opposed if they are over the age of sixteen, then they will be sent to adult court and sentenced to life in prison without parole. Ronald Duncan was nine days away from his sixteen birthday, meaning he will be tried in juvenile court, and his punishment will inevitably not fit the crime he committed. Peggy goes on to state “we’re all so surprised when they come back on another charge. Or when they turn into Ronald Duncan. The system is stupid. Completely stupid” (44). This is why she is frustrated with the juvenile court, for protecting defendants like Ronald Duncan, who come from non abusive households and have too many privileges handed to him. Prosecutors, like Peggy, spend countless hours fighting numerous cases like Ronald’s that there is nothing left from kids who are sent to court for on robbery, and then sent back out on the streets with no real

He was in the Air Force, up and till when he become a lawyer, while having to take up jobs in order to pay for law school. After, he became known as the resilient and hard-line lawyer. He found himself on the municipal bench in 1979, and made his way up to the Superior court, where he asked to be assigned to the juvenile courts. He is also most know to be hated by the district attorneys and loved by the parents of the defendants. He wants justice for younger people, coming from delinquency, and thinks the Juvenile Court is the most important unit of the justice system. Judge Dorn, puts the fear of prison or death in front of each defendant that walks through his courtroom, in order to scare them into making better life choices. He wants to send fewer adolescents to the adult