Life Without Parole For Juveniles

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Life without Parole for juveniles has always been a touchy subject. Juveniles give up the right of being a child when they take another life. They decided who got to live and who didn't. That isn't the act of innocent child and should not be treated as such. Nobody has the right to kill someone unless it is self defence. That they are too young to understand by locking them up we are taking their second chance away but did the victim get a second chance? No, they did not so why should the Murderer? In this essay I am gonna talk about how Tate, Brazil, and Biro all in some way got a second chance a blow it.
Many kids get a second chance to do the right thing but doesn't mean they will. For example in Kids are Kids-Until They Commit Crimes ,Lionel

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