Mr Acuna Research Paper

The recent trials on Robert Acuna shocked the whole world when they had discovered that he was on the death penalty. As the author, Adam Liptak stated Mr. Acuna was a high school student, and he was responsible for the death of two elderly neighbors. Since he was capable of committing such a heinous crime the jurors treated him like an adult. Even though Mr. Acuna was below the age of 18 they penalized him in a much more lenient way. As the jurors compared Mr. Acuna to James and Joyce Carroll's crime caused the juror's to be more lenient to Mr. Acuna. Due to Mr. Acuna erratic behavior, it gave him a bad reputation and caused him to get the death penalty. When Mr. Acuna had been put on death penalty he was not showing any remorse as his mother states. Mr. Acuna mother, Renee Magee agreed that he was a harsh person as he laughed at inappropriate things. His mother believed that harsh behavior had played a big role in his sentence from the jurors. Due to his age, he was the seventy-second person to be sentenced to death that is under the age of 18.But the main issue is that the plummeting number of death sentences that leads to juveniles. While other people agree that the punishments are described to harsh for underage juveniles. But some …show more content…
Thus Justice Scalia said that it doesn't surprise me that the death penalty for sixteen to eighteen year old is rarely improvised. Factors also led it to adolescent's reckless behavior and the diminishing responsibility. As the youth of Christopher Simmons shows that it could be a double edged sword as his age can benefit him while his actions do the opposite. As the juror prosecuted him they found him guilty because he was it was a mitigating factor. Thus Mr.Acuna appearance had played a role since he looks like a young teen that surprised the jurors because of his