Cody and I believe that life imprisonment without the possibility of parole should be banned for juveniles. We think this because it is against the constitution because life imprisonment without parole is against juveniles right to show their maturity and rehabilitation after their 25 year max sentence. Juvenile Imprisonment is also against an international human rights law that does not allow life imprisonment for anyone under the age of 18.
Then there is the the fact that juveniles have less developed brains. Todd Yurgelun found that when ask what emotion someone was feeling in a picture juveniles used amygdala. When Todd asked adults he found that they used the frontal cortex. The amygdala as Todd Yurgelun says leads juveniles to take risk that adults wouldn’t. …show more content…
The Supreme Court ruled that life imprisonment is against the constitution by a 6-3 vote.
In conclusion juveniles should not have life imprisonment without the
Then there is the the fact that juveniles have less developed brains. Todd Yurgelun found that when ask what emotion someone was feeling in a picture juveniles used amygdala. When Todd asked adults he found that they used the frontal cortex. The amygdala as Todd Yurgelun says leads juveniles to take risk that adults wouldn’t. …show more content…
The Supreme Court ruled that life imprisonment is against the constitution by a 6-3 vote.
In conclusion juveniles should not have life imprisonment without the