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    In this life, nobody is a perfect person. They can have a little mistake or a big mistake; however, one important thing is how they fix that. Especially, everybody should have responsibility what they do. When they have a good environment to change and the best education, they can fix easily. However, when they do not have a good environment, they are getting worse and worse. The murderer is one of the serious crime and of course, a murderer have to send to jail. For example, the character,…

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    In the United States, 1 of every 2,000 residents is serving a life sentence due to the crime they had done in their lifetime. Inside the walls of the prison, One in every nine prisoner is serving a life sentence in due to chargers they have. United states hold the world largest population of offenders serving a life sentence. California holds a quarter of the 49,000 thousand offenders serving a life sentence followed by Florida (12,549) and New York (10,245), Texas (9,031), Georgia (7,938), Ohio…

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    In the United States tax payers are ending up paying their taxes towards prisons and the prisoner with ending with budget cuts.Since this "Within the U.S taxpayers spend an average of $31,286 towards each prisoner"(unanimous}. This extreme amount of pay is helping keep surrounding areas safe and well kept but with budget cuts this won 't help. nearly every year taxpayers spend millions upon billions on correctional facilities. This budget cut isn 't helping tax payers at all because its just…

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    Sentencing juveniles with life sentences without the possibility of parole has always been an issue. A juvenile is someone who is under 18 years of age. There is a multitude of reasons why they are committing crimes. Some of the main reasons being financial situations, family issues, or a negative guidances into doing certain things. As a juvenile one does not fully understand the severity, or the consequences that follow behind committing a crime. Unfortunately, “ children as young as 13…

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    knife in Los Altos. Shawn claimed he had no memory of this attack and psychological evaluation showed that Shawn had been sleepwalking during the time of the attack. As a result, he was sent to the California Youth Authority, which is a juvenile detention facility, to get help. In our society, teenagers and children are being tried as adults due to the harshness of their crimes. This is shown in Supreme Court cases like Kent vs. the United States which stated that juveniles needed a hearing…

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    The legality and use of the death penalty in the United States of America is a highly controversial issue. Different people have different opinions, of course, which often stem back to morality, cost, or personal judgement. Most of these opinions boil down to one decision: “Should the death penalty be outlawed, or remain legal?” While both sides on the issue hold some amount of viability, the death penalty should be refused under all circumstances. The decision of whether or not the accused…

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    Koop 4 punishment is an “inhumane and impermissible device to foster vengeance.” The Pope said that he speaks the thoughts that the lord has given him, and so said, “every life is sacred, every human person is endowed with an inalienable dignity, and society can only benefit from the rehabilitation of those convicted of crimes.” The Pope doesn’t beat around the bush and gets straight to the point of subjects which are seen as taboo or impolite conversation, thusly sparking debate over the death…

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    Juvenile Injustice Essay

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    There have been a series of injustices in the Massachusetts juvenile justice system. They passed a law which was enforced 15 years ago. According to which the teenager criminals which author called “super-predators” were to be punished severely by the law. There have been a few cases in the history of the state of the Massachusetts where the non-criminals characters who have a very minor or no records of criminal activities in the past got a severe punishment and those young criminals who did a…

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    Imagine this. You are happily married with an amazing son who is your whole world. He is currently fourteen years old and nothing could be better. One day he is peer pressured into holding a gun for a friend who claims it is no big deal. His friend tells him to shoot if anyone comes around the corner while he breaks into the closed store. He hears a noise, and reacting too quickly to process, he pulls the trigger and kills the innocent woman simply going for a walk. He is sentenced to life in…

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    teens between the years 1990 and 2010 are being discussed and there is a dramatic increase by two hundred and thirty percent. With further analysis I discovered that among these teens, thirty five percent of the teens charged as adults were likely to return to prison vs those whom were sentenced as juveniles. That means that among the teens who were sentenced as adults, sixty five percent of them (more than half) never went back to jail because they learned from their lesson. Although these…

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