Hold whose Law Enforcement Officers and Prosecutors accountable who are engage in misconduct
Recently there have been many events that show law enforcement officers either using deadly force or shooting unarmed people. The criminal justice system has not hold many police officers accountable for using their status to abuse citizens of all races. Citizens are not just relying on Law enforcement officers and Prosecutors to protect them from danger or criminals. The public expect Law enforcement officers and Prosecutors to uphold laws, be honest, and overall expect the best out of those in power. However, recent police officers shooting unarmed people especially black males and getting away without any type of accountable have causes the public not to trust police officers. For example, “On …show more content…
Some were as young as 13 when they were sent to prison” (Steinberg, 2012). The main goal of imprisonment should be rehabilitation because children brains are not well developed until they’re 25-years of age. In addition, the National Institute of Mental Health stated “the frontal lobe, that controls impulse control, does not develop until around 17 years of age” (aclu.org, n.d). One of the reason why the United State military do not let minors’ sign up for service it because they’re not mentally capable of making wise decision on their own. “In 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that life without parole for juveniles convicted of crimes other than homicide violated the Constitution's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, a ruling that extended the court's logic in its 2005 decision to abolish the juvenile death penalty” (Steinberg,2012). When juveniles are put in the same prison as adults they’re most likely to learn bad habits and reoffend. Therefore, juveniles should not should not get life in
Recently there have been many events that show law enforcement officers either using deadly force or shooting unarmed people. The criminal justice system has not hold many police officers accountable for using their status to abuse citizens of all races. Citizens are not just relying on Law enforcement officers and Prosecutors to protect them from danger or criminals. The public expect Law enforcement officers and Prosecutors to uphold laws, be honest, and overall expect the best out of those in power. However, recent police officers shooting unarmed people especially black males and getting away without any type of accountable have causes the public not to trust police officers. For example, “On …show more content…
Some were as young as 13 when they were sent to prison” (Steinberg, 2012). The main goal of imprisonment should be rehabilitation because children brains are not well developed until they’re 25-years of age. In addition, the National Institute of Mental Health stated “the frontal lobe, that controls impulse control, does not develop until around 17 years of age” (aclu.org, n.d). One of the reason why the United State military do not let minors’ sign up for service it because they’re not mentally capable of making wise decision on their own. “In 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that life without parole for juveniles convicted of crimes other than homicide violated the Constitution's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, a ruling that extended the court's logic in its 2005 decision to abolish the juvenile death penalty” (Steinberg,2012). When juveniles are put in the same prison as adults they’re most likely to learn bad habits and reoffend. Therefore, juveniles should not should not get life in