TIME magazine, January 27, 1992: There is an article that will tear your heart out. It is titled, "Corridors of Agony." It tells the stories of children caught in the almost hopeless jungle of our juvenile courts.

There is Antwan, age 10. His mother warned him about the drug dealers who hang around the playground where he spends hours each day. A mother's warnings are no match for threats by street thugs, though. These thugs know how to shield themselves from the law. They keep a small child nearby when they are dealing drugs. If the police close in, they hide the drugs on the child. When Antwan was arrested, vials of narcotics were stuffed in his socks. Fortunately, the police saw the older boys force the illicit contraband on him.

Then there's Emily, aged 6, a victim of incest. Her fat…