Do you think it’s wrong to permit children same rights and responsibilities as adults? On June 25, 2012, the supreme court ruled that juveniles who committed murder could not be sentenced to life in prison because it violated the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. However, four justice strongly disagreed arguing that mandatory sentences reflected the will of the american society that heinous crimes committed by juveniles should always be punished with a sentence to life in prison. In my opinion, minors shouldn’t be sentenced to life in prison because i believe all teens have the opportunity to go through rehabilitation rather than life in prison without parole.
First, I believe teens shouldn’t be sentenced as adults because in the article “Juveniles Don’t Deserve Life Sentences,” by Gail Garinger published March 14, 2012 in New York Times states that “Brain imaging studies reveal that the regions of the adolescent brain responsible for controlling thoughts, actions and emotions are not fully developed.” …show more content…
There are stories that even their own parents taught their kids how to steal. In the article “On punishment and Teen Killers,” by Jennifer Jerkins, states “We in America own this particular problem, with weapons so easily available to our youth, and the violence- loving culture in which we raise them.” There is no doubt that it’s easier for a kid to commit murder at a young age because the supplies are basically handed to them. As for a minor, study shows, that the “Inuit people of northern Canada had no juvenile crime at all until 1980 and the introduction of television into their cultures,” this reason brings back the “parents not being able to teach their kid right from wrong because television rapidly influenced their
First, I believe teens shouldn’t be sentenced as adults because in the article “Juveniles Don’t Deserve Life Sentences,” by Gail Garinger published March 14, 2012 in New York Times states that “Brain imaging studies reveal that the regions of the adolescent brain responsible for controlling thoughts, actions and emotions are not fully developed.” …show more content…
There are stories that even their own parents taught their kids how to steal. In the article “On punishment and Teen Killers,” by Jennifer Jerkins, states “We in America own this particular problem, with weapons so easily available to our youth, and the violence- loving culture in which we raise them.” There is no doubt that it’s easier for a kid to commit murder at a young age because the supplies are basically handed to them. As for a minor, study shows, that the “Inuit people of northern Canada had no juvenile crime at all until 1980 and the introduction of television into their cultures,” this reason brings back the “parents not being able to teach their kid right from wrong because television rapidly influenced their