Natural life sentences are among the more less-known issues that are discussed today. A Natural life sentence is a prison sentence that lasts for entire life of the inmate it was given to, with no chance of parole or any other means of freedom. Jennifer Lackey discusses this issue into great detail in her article “The irrationality of natural life sentences”. In the article, Lackey does a great job of utilizing her three rhetoric tools, Ethos, Pathos, and Logos in arguing her position on the…
Colonization, Decolonization, and Indigenous Spirituality in Leonard Peltier 's Prison Writings Within the American prison system, many individuals remain held for extended periods of time in solitary confinement. Despite arguments that solitary confinement has severe psychological and behavioral consequences for inmates, the experiences described by Leonard Peltier in Prison Writings tell a different story. Viewed from the historical lenses of colonization and decolonization, an important…
“It could be worse – I could be fat” These were the words of Joanna Dennehy, the third woman in the United Kingdom to be sentenced to life in prison as she was being processed after being arrested (Smith, para. 1). Dennehy, born in 1982, was arrested at the age of 30 and convicted for three murders and the attempt of 2 additional murders in the year 2013. From a cute baby-faced angel arose a murderous Joanna Dennehy. Alongside her accomplice Gary Stretch, age 42, Dennehy committed a heinous…
It is obvious that the main issue is whether to heal a prisoner simply for the purpose of execution or otherwise. The basic undertone to this argument could be whether the government authority has the power to force prisoners or citizens to take drugs without their consent regardless of their status. Another point of argument could be making a prisoner sane before execution is rational or a good reasoning before killing. In this scenario, Charles Laverne Singleton is a prisoner on death row,…
tended to be death. The value of an individual 's life was then given more value and many options came to be considered, like that of life imprisonment. Life imprisonment, also known as life without the possibility of parole (LWOP) is a lesser punishment than that of the death penalty. Instead of sentencing a person to death, sentencing them to life imprisonment was seen as a much better option. The idea that a murderer rots in jail for the rest of his or her life with no possibility of an…
society for forgiveness and expect to have opportunities to move on with a genuine life. He further said that the society can respond, and find different solutions to the punishment those children receive when they commit crimes than giving them life imprisonment without parole. On the other hand, Ron McAndre, a retired warden at the jail where Kenneth was, was concerned about Kenneth 's life yet to come. He understood nobody is handed him a thing because of the length of his sentence, they will…
All kids are in charge of their actions but is it irresistible to give them life in prison. If we give kids life how are they to learn from their mistakes. All we do when we put them in jail for life is killing them. We shouldn’t waste perfectly could lives when there are circumstances that interfere with their learning. Kids should not be put in jail because the system is failing the kids who are getting abused, families influencing kids of making bad decisions and lastly kids brains are not…
charged accordingly and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Each juvenile subsequently appealed their convictions. Also, in both cases the mandatory minimum for the crimes when tried as an adult required that the courts sentence them to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The Supreme Court respectively affirmed in their rulings of both Miller and Jackson on their appeals that their sentences would remain life imprisonment without the possibility of…
As citizen of the United States we as a people are entitled to multiple rights. One of the most commonly recognized rights are the Miranda Right, which states “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you. Even with all the investigative shows on television today such as Law in Order, First 48, its amazing the number of people that still…
In Milan, August 29, 1900, just one month after the assassination of King Humbert, the trial of Bresci opened. “An immense crowd of people gathered about the court from early morning, seeking admission. The hearing began at nine o’clock.” One would assume that a great amount of citizen’s support would be in attendance for such a significant and reasonable trial to observe. “While the indictment, which was very long, was being read, Bresci was apparently unmoved and scanned the faces of the…