Pros And Cons Of Parricide

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To be convinced of something takes little effort but to convince someone it takes a great deal of effort. There are more than one way to craft an argument. Whether it be through statistics, persuasion, feelings, they all have a goal, to make the audience listen and believe what one has to say. On the topic of the justice system and parricide I have found three articles who portray similar arguments, but craft them in different ways. But whether it be extrinsic or even touching on intrinsic they are successful in creating a strong argument towards their claims.
A man named Greg Ousley was sentenced to 60 years in adult prison for killing his parents it is not an argument of whether he was right or wrong, it is a question of whether it is ethical to sentence any minor to 60 years in adult prison, no matter the crime. The author never once
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Its goal is to outline that many of the parricide offenders are not violent and they should not be locked up with normal offenders. It recommends that juvenile offenders belong in the juvenile system. The abundance of facts are there to support the authors claim, and it succeeds since numbers are scarce in the field of …show more content…
But they all agree that the justice system is for correction and not relentless punishment. While different articles with different arguments, all three have a similar goal, to remove unjust justice from our justice system. Whether it be through pathos, ethos, logos or extrinsic value the articles inspire ideas and demand action. They have succeeded in the art of rhetoric, therefor have made a successful

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