Juveniles should not be sentence to life because at that young age they do not think of the consequences, after the fact they see themselves in trouble. Most times, they process things differently than adults. Sentencing children as adults is unjust and unfair. After reading this article many thoughts came into my head. I was first amazed that the age to try someone as an adult in South Carolina in the 1940’s was over the age of fourteen. Once, I realized what time this all occurred I figured things back then the laws was very different from how they are now.
The fact that the article speaks about a black male that committed a crime, it made me think of the severity of the actual crime and the race of the accused. However, if the accused were
The fact that the article speaks about a black male that committed a crime, it made me think of the severity of the actual crime and the race of the accused. However, if the accused were