Judge Judy Sheindlin is outraged by how out-of-control crime has engulfed some major cities in the United States — but it isn’t a surprise to her, either. “We got here because a small group of people who have very loud voices created a scenario where bad people got rewarded,” Sheindlin told . “And the victim got punished by the system.
” The “scenario” the TV judge is referring to involves actor Steve Buscemi, who was earlier this month by an alleged assailant who would later be identified as a 50-year-old homeless man. While Sheindlin admitted that there are situations why some criminals become criminals, she argued that it shouldn’t always justify their actions, Fox News reported. “There is always a reason for criminal behaviour — didn’t have a good upbringing, didn’t have two parents in the house, didn’t have one parent in the house, there’s always a reason.
” She continued: “You’re mentally ill. That’s a reason. You took drugs.
That’s a reason. You took alcohol, your brain is fried..
. Whatever it is.” But she insisted there is “never an excuse for bad behaviour.
” Sheindlin added: “And when society started to make excuses for bad behaviour, and react to criminality based upon the excuses, it fell apart.” She then used New York as an example, after the state raised the minimum age to 18 from 16 for defendants to be prosecuted as adults in criminal cases. The judge called the age change “ridiculous,” adding that if a 17-yea.