Mann Dave’s article, “Time of Fear...” tells us about a case where a fourteen-year-old Muslim who was arrested for bringing a “bomb” in his school though it was just a clock that he made to impress his science teachers. It was believed to be a bomb because it was in case and being a Muslim, there were probably several connotations that led to this accusation. This hysteria has probably led this Muslim boy into prison without proper court procedures because of the strong assumptions of him being a terrorist. This article relates to Garinger’s article, “Juveniles Don’t Deserve Life Sentences”, where Garinger talks about the entity of the “Superpredators”, a generation of children who has the highest chances of committing murders and other serious crimes. It had been one of the main reasons why there had been increasing cases of life sentenced juveniles in the beginning of the mid-1990s according to Garinger’s article. Even now the paranoia has not been entirely diminished as for the authorities’ call to action in the case of the Muslim boy. The possibility is high that he had been given life sentence out exaggeration and
Mann Dave’s article, “Time of Fear...” tells us about a case where a fourteen-year-old Muslim who was arrested for bringing a “bomb” in his school though it was just a clock that he made to impress his science teachers. It was believed to be a bomb because it was in case and being a Muslim, there were probably several connotations that led to this accusation. This hysteria has probably led this Muslim boy into prison without proper court procedures because of the strong assumptions of him being a terrorist. This article relates to Garinger’s article, “Juveniles Don’t Deserve Life Sentences”, where Garinger talks about the entity of the “Superpredators”, a generation of children who has the highest chances of committing murders and other serious crimes. It had been one of the main reasons why there had been increasing cases of life sentenced juveniles in the beginning of the mid-1990s according to Garinger’s article. Even now the paranoia has not been entirely diminished as for the authorities’ call to action in the case of the Muslim boy. The possibility is high that he had been given life sentence out exaggeration and