I am just completely baffled that anyone in their right mind would think that this punk kid should get a lesser charge. Or that I wasted my time watching this crap. That being sent to the pen for 50+ years was UNFAIR. They pulled out every excuse under the sun to JUSTIFY why it was only a robbery. That he didn't kill anyone. They got high seemed to be the most used excuse. So, WHAT! I was a stupid kid and got high more times than I care to remember. I wasn't breaking into houses to steal stuff. The other excuse that seemed to be popular -- they thought it was empty. So, in this day and age it's OK to break into an empty house to steal stuff. Nope not buying it. I sure wouldn't like to have someone break into my house empty or not. That's an invasion that never goes away. You find yourself checking, double-checking, and triple checking the doors because your "safe" zone is gone. Been there and done that -- ended up moving to get that safe zone back. Or the other excuse -- he didn't kill anyone. You broke into someone's house and they just happened to be armed. One of your stupid punk friends runs his mouth and amps up the terror that poor homeowner was feeling and someone ends up getting shot. There is something called taking responsibility for your actions. You live in a state where if someone is killed during a felony YOU ALL get charged with murder. Quite a few states have this law. I have absolutely no sympathy for this kid who decided to pull on his big boy pants and now he wants to change the rules. Nope not buying it. The other thing that really bothered me is they so conveniently kept forgetting to mention that in that particular state -- you get a day credit for a day served. Last time I checked that means he does 25 years. I found this to be a piss poor documentary -- extremely one-sided. Go back to cinema/journalism school and actually pay attention to the instructor this time.

As a Canadian I cannot believe that he was charged with murder. That is insane! He was just a kid and he made one stupid decision and never intended for anyone to get hurt. He didn't even have a prior charge for anything. How many of you judgemental critics commenting hateful things haven't done anything stupid when you were a teenager? Does anyone really think that making a 16 year old spend their entire life in prison with hardened criminals would make them a better person or make society a better place? No. Restitution, probation, community service etc would have been the sensible charge.

I'm so glad this ended finally as it did because I was about to write to the Illinois Court system and strongly complain.

Blake's mother was so loving towards him and his girlfriend very faithful to him. Thanks to these two amazing women working as hard as they did it came to a sensible finale.

Good luck in your life Blake. I'm happy for you. Not everyone out here is a Nazi.

Old enough to know the difference between right and wrong. Weed? Smoked my share like most teenagers do. Right of passage, goes with the territory. Never found me or my friends committing home invasion robberies. That is like a rape. Life changing. Invading the sanctity of someone's home? That's a forever trauma, never goes away. Then additionally having to live with the guilt of killing a child? 21 is still a child. If you've got one or been one, you know. Again, Never goes away. And this waste was just getting started in his criminality. Somebody died. PFFFT. When did we start deciding that it was beneficial to our children's upbringing to not hold them appropriately accountable for their actions? Ask the hiccup girl in FL if she knows about felony murder laws? There is a reason most states have them.