ATLANTA, Ga. -- 17-year-old Marquis Shivers is being charged as an adult and facing ten years in prison. This time, Fulton County police arrested him for violent crimes and it's not his first, second or even third arrest.

According to police records, Shivers has a rap sheet that started when he was 13. His crime spree included armed robbery, burglary, battery, aggravated assault and carjacking.

Caretha Daniels said she saw Shivers in and out of Fulton County's Juvenile Court. She was the chief probation officer for two years.

"The judge felt that he (Shivers) deserved the opportunity even though he was back before the court on another offenses," said Daniels.

Shivers' case is just one of many cases CBS Atlanta uncovered where probation officers and family members of juvenile offenders said Fulton County Juvenile Chief Judge Belinda Edwards was too lenient.

They want their kids thrown in jail and taught a lesson.

"I was begging for help literally begging for help," said Mary Shannon.

Shannon said she was often in tears begging Judge Edwards to hold her grandson accountable.

His criminal history included battery, burglary, drug possession and making terroristic threats.

Shannon wanted the judge to put him in jail!

She is 66 years-old raising 5 of her grandchildren.

When you go to court so many times with a kid, and you begging the system to do something, to help you and they don't it gets frustrated. At least three times a week, I was in court," said Shannon.

This grandmother said Judge Edwards idea of juvenile justice is really an injustice to the system, victims and the community.

Freda Morris said she had the same problem with Judge Edwards -- it involved her teenage nephew.

"So you've asked the judge to help you?" CBS Reporter Tony McNary asked Morris.

"Yea, he needs to be there to do what he suppose to. He can't keep just breaking into folks house, stealing folks stuff and think it's all right. It's not all right, these folks work hard for their stuff," said Morris.

Morris believes her nephew would have learned his lesson a long time ago if Judge edwards would have made him suffer the consequences for his crimes.

Judge Belinda Edwards was appointed Fulton County's juvenile chief judge in 2005.

Edwards refused CBS Atlanta's numerous requests for an interview, to answer our tough questions, so we tracked her down and found her at home.

When we told Edwards parents, probation officers and even young offenders said she has a reputation of dismissing cases and letting kids walk she said, "That's not true that is honestly not true. You need to understand the law, you need to research the law and that's what you all are not aware of."

Caretha Daniels blew the whistle on Judge Edwards.

"Children can have 5 or more open felony cases, but are released back to parents over the objection of parents and over the objection of probation officers -- over the objection of the district attorney's office," said Daniels.

Edwards says her hands of justice are bound by law.

"If you have an issue with the fact that juveniles are committing -- are continuously to be in the community, you need to ask the state why it is the law is established the way it is," said Edwards.

Shannon said, "If you see where a kid just constantly gets in trouble -- gets in trouble, it's something needs to be done!"