Lastly, juveniles have a background or grew up in a bad environment that causes them to murder, or cause other heinous crimes. For example, Brandon McInerney was tried as an adult for shooting his former classmate, Larry King. He shot King in the head twice. Sandy Banks first highlights that Brandon McInerney is an athlete, who grew up in a bad environment from his parent’s home and is mostly teased in school by his friends because Larry King had a crush on him. “Brandon was a strapping athlete from a violent home [...] His classmates said he was mad and embarrassed by Larry’s attention. But they also teased him mercilessly about it” (Banks, par.11). This quote is shown that McInerney did not have a great childhood from his household and this past of his could be one of the
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Another of Bank’s evidence that can be used to prove that McInerney’s brain is still developing and is sensitive when it comes to this kind of situation. Banks was interviewing a former classmate, a girl, who had described McInerney after the murder of King, ‘“rude… picking on me,” and remembered him from the witness stand differently. The former classmate girl continued, ‘“He would joke around but not say anything hurtful[...] Now that I’m older, I realize, that’s just what teenagers do”’ (Banks, par.16). Bank agreed with this because every teenager just acts as themselves; immature, impulsive. The way they act is also because their brain is different from adults, they do not have to worry about taking care of house rent, paying insurance, and etc. So if McInerney, “who had just turned 14 when he fired that gun- might have a different perspective now too, one that would let laugh off a few blown kisses and I love you” (Banks, par. 17). The different perceptions of imagination McInerney has, has matured, brushing those comments aside, and moving
Another of Bank’s evidence that can be used to prove that McInerney’s brain is still developing and is sensitive when it comes to this kind of situation. Banks was interviewing a former classmate, a girl, who had described McInerney after the murder of King, ‘“rude… picking on me,” and remembered him from the witness stand differently. The former classmate girl continued, ‘“He would joke around but not say anything hurtful[...] Now that I’m older, I realize, that’s just what teenagers do”’ (Banks, par.16). Bank agreed with this because every teenager just acts as themselves; immature, impulsive. The way they act is also because their brain is different from adults, they do not have to worry about taking care of house rent, paying insurance, and etc. So if McInerney, “who had just turned 14 when he fired that gun- might have a different perspective now too, one that would let laugh off a few blown kisses and I love you” (Banks, par. 17). The different perceptions of imagination McInerney has, has matured, brushing those comments aside, and moving