SACRAMENTO, Calif. (FOX26) — A Sacramento County sheriff’s video is adding new urgency to the debate over how California should punish violent juvenile offenders, after a teen once arrested for murder was taken into custody multiple times after his release.

Sacramento County Sheriff Jim Cooper highlighted the case of 19-year-old Gary Grover, who was first arrested at 15 for murder and attempted murder.

Since his release, Grover has been arrested four more times, according to the sheriff.

“He was given a second chance. He doesn’t care. And you have individuals like that don’t care, that should be locked up,” Cooper said.

Cooper said the current system does not provide enough accountability for violent teens and argued state laws need to change.

“There’s no accountability. These individuals know that, these kids know that,” Cooper said. “You killed someone, you’re given a second chance, and you blow it. Yet you’re still out,”

The sheriff’s comments come amid an ongoing statewide debate over whether juveniles accused of serious violent crimes should face adult charges and tougher sentences.

One of the most prominent advocates for stronger punishment is Julia Sanchez, a Corcoran mother whose 17-year-old son, Lorenzo, was killed in a stabbing last year outside the Hanford Mall.

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The suspect in that case was 15. Under current law, the maximum sentence in the case was seven years, something Sanchez said is not enough.

“To hear them tell you what’s the max he’ll be getting what do you mean this person is only going to be getting this time? What happened to the justice system?” Sanchez said to FOX26 in April.

In a statement posted alongside his video, Cooper said many juveniles convicted of murder often serve only a fraction of their sentences, “often just two to three years” before being released.

“The public’s fed up. I know I’m fed up. My detectives are fed up, but we have to change the laws,” Cooper said.

Opponents of stricter legislation for teens argue the juvenile justice system is designed to prioritize rehabilitation and provide services tailored to young people, something they say adult prisons do not do.

One recent attempt to increase penalties for teen violence, AB-2040, also known as Lorenzo’s Law, failed to pass at the state Capitol.