Captive Animals In Prison Essay

There are about 751,931 animal’s captive in zoos spread through 142 accredited locations (Harden). Some are endangered species, and some are thought to not be eligible to live on their own in the wild. These captive animals held in zoos, faked living spaces to make the animals content, reminded me of the convicted felons in prisons around the united states. Within prison walls, there is roaring of anguished voices and broken hearts. There are about 20 million people that have been convicted of a felon, living in the US today. In other words, one in twelve Americans are felons. (Suede) The astonishing rate of convicts sentenced to death that are found innocent is extremely high. If it were simply adults, perhaps our nation could find a way to reconcile the high number of felony convicts, however, it is not only adults. Children our cubs are being tried as adults in the judicial system and it is becoming an extreme problem in the US. According to the bureau of justice …show more content…
This rate caused me to think back on how mercy is shown to children in the justice system, and if there is any at all? One thing to consider is that “An estimated 7,100 juvenile defendants were charged with felonies in adult criminal court in 1998” according to an unknown author on bjs.gov. The fact that 7100 children were tried as adults for their violent crimes doesn’t seem like a correct representation of mercy in the judicial system. The mere fact that there is a difference in a minor and an adult, yet minors can be tried as adults doesn’t seem to make much since does it? We have an age limit of 18 which differentiates between a person being considered a child and an adult, some one under 18 cannot buy cigarettes, can’t get a tattoo, cant vote or sign a legal document. Yet some one who is under the age of 18 and still can’t contribute or take part in our equal liberties can be tried as an adult, who can do all of those