What do you do for a living, are you a lawyer or a mechanic, maybe you’re an artist or sociologist. Juvenile Delinquents who are in jail because of the Juvenile Offenders Act of 1978 will never grow up to be any of these. They will spend the rest of their lives in prison. They might be able to work inside as a cook or maybe a janitor. But they will never get the luxury of being free and having a good paying job. These children were most likely sentenced to jail for major crimes such as murder. They were sentenced to life in prison for the actions that they know they are making. Teenagers know the difference between right and wrong. Common sense is knowing that killing people just because you want to, is wrong. There are so many murders where
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Partially because they killed innocent people, and partially because I know they didn’t grow up in a good life style and I’m mad that they never got the chance to experience what people from a good background experience. In 2012 the U.S. Supreme court would hear about arguments in two different homicides. The first one being from Arkansas. Kuntrell Jackson was a 14-year-old boy who held up a video rental store. He was with two other boys. One of the other boys was carrying a sawed-off shotgun. When the cashier said she was calling the cops the boy then shot and killed her (Totenburg, 2012). Even though Kuntrell was not the one that pulled the trigger he was deemed just as responsible for the crime as the boy who pulled the trigger was. They automatically got life in prison because of state laws. The second case was in Alabama where Evan Miller and his 16-year-old friend when to the neighbors next door where the drug dealer of his mother lived. The man gave the boys liquor and marijuana. The boys were planning on stealing the man’s wallet. At some point in time the boys beat the man Cole Cannon, and set his trailer on fire and watched him plead for help. the 16-year-old was given …show more content…
Most juveniles who commit extreme crimes like murder, come from a background that is not pretty. They come from homes where girls are raped boys are beaten. Where they don’t get enough love and support. They don’t know what a real family is like. An interview of four teenagers awaiting their trial get into the gritty details of their past. The interviewee was told that they could not ask any questions about what they did or anything about their trial and could not use their full name. David who is 18, says that he is glad that he is in prison, “if I didn’t get locked up I would have kept going, I would have lost all my years” (Behind Bars, n.d.). David was a boy who was going in the fast lane. He says that “I’m glad I’m in prison, or else I’d still be out there” (). Meaning that he would still be getting into trouble. He wouldn’t stop his bad actions and it’s better that he is in. he is a little worried about adult prison though, he was asked if he was ready for adult prison and he says, “I think prison is not a rehabilitation and it’s just there for us to kill each other or to get mentality that were nothing” (Behind Bars, n.d.). This is true. Most people who go into prison go back in a short period of time. They have nothing to fall back on and go back to their old habits. David says constantly that he really believes that he would still be getting into trouble.
Partially because they killed innocent people, and partially because I know they didn’t grow up in a good life style and I’m mad that they never got the chance to experience what people from a good background experience. In 2012 the U.S. Supreme court would hear about arguments in two different homicides. The first one being from Arkansas. Kuntrell Jackson was a 14-year-old boy who held up a video rental store. He was with two other boys. One of the other boys was carrying a sawed-off shotgun. When the cashier said she was calling the cops the boy then shot and killed her (Totenburg, 2012). Even though Kuntrell was not the one that pulled the trigger he was deemed just as responsible for the crime as the boy who pulled the trigger was. They automatically got life in prison because of state laws. The second case was in Alabama where Evan Miller and his 16-year-old friend when to the neighbors next door where the drug dealer of his mother lived. The man gave the boys liquor and marijuana. The boys were planning on stealing the man’s wallet. At some point in time the boys beat the man Cole Cannon, and set his trailer on fire and watched him plead for help. the 16-year-old was given …show more content…
Most juveniles who commit extreme crimes like murder, come from a background that is not pretty. They come from homes where girls are raped boys are beaten. Where they don’t get enough love and support. They don’t know what a real family is like. An interview of four teenagers awaiting their trial get into the gritty details of their past. The interviewee was told that they could not ask any questions about what they did or anything about their trial and could not use their full name. David who is 18, says that he is glad that he is in prison, “if I didn’t get locked up I would have kept going, I would have lost all my years” (Behind Bars, n.d.). David was a boy who was going in the fast lane. He says that “I’m glad I’m in prison, or else I’d still be out there” (). Meaning that he would still be getting into trouble. He wouldn’t stop his bad actions and it’s better that he is in. he is a little worried about adult prison though, he was asked if he was ready for adult prison and he says, “I think prison is not a rehabilitation and it’s just there for us to kill each other or to get mentality that were nothing” (Behind Bars, n.d.). This is true. Most people who go into prison go back in a short period of time. They have nothing to fall back on and go back to their old habits. David says constantly that he really believes that he would still be getting into trouble.