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    A juvenile is a young person who are below the age of 18 accused. Based on some cases, they should also be considered as an adult. In June 25, 2012; the Supreme Court has made a ruling that juveniles who commit murder cannot be given life in prison. Four justices strongly disagree with this ruling, saying how juveniles should always be punished for their crimes from how heinous they are. In my opinion, I believe that juveniles should not receive life in prison under certain circumstances. A…

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    Jodie Arias Case

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    Was Travis Alexander a violent womanizer or was Jodi Arias a stalker? Was justice served after judge Sherry Stephens declared that Jodi Arias will receive a life sentence without the possibility of parole after 25 years? Jodi Arias is a 37 years old woman who was charged for murdering her 30 years old ex boyfriend Travis Alexander back in 2008, in his Arizona house. Jodi Arias was guilty of premeditated and felony murder since she admitted that she was the one who killed Travis Alexander. Due to…

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    Have you ever know a person who changed their whole lifestyle and personality in a blink of an eye? Well, that is how Jimmy Valentine became Ralph Spencer in 24 hours. Jimmy Valentine, a crook with many connections, got out of jail 38 months earlier. Valentine headed down to a small town by Elmore Arkansas where he changed every little piece of his burglary self within a day; including changing his name to Ralph Spencer. Then within a year Ralph was about to marry a daughter of a rich banker.…

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    Facts: The accused, Robert William Latimer was initially charged with the second degree murder of his daughter Tracy Latimer. Tracy was a quadriplegic with severe cerebral palsy causing her to be immobile with the mental capacity of a four month old baby only able to communicate through facial expressions. Her condition, caused by neurological damage had led to up to six seizures a day forcing her need of on the clock care. Tracy soon developed scoliosis which is the abnormal arch of one's…

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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…

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    Donohue Case Summary

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    Donohue (2014) analyzed these five reasons explaining why some are being convicted for capital crimes. Donohue(2014) findings were helped by attorney’s that handled these categories of crime in outgoing cases that used these factors, which determined that race has nothing to do with the conviction. Through the two hundred and five cases they incorporated victims’ pain from the crime, victim’s identity, crimes were planned or had intent and whether there was various victim’s involved in the crime…

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    The cold case that I chose in which DNA played a crucial role was the Nicholas Yarris Case. The incident in this case took place in Pennsylvania in 1981(Innocence Project, 2016). The victim in this case was a woman that worked at a mall and was abducted after she got off from work (Innocence Project, 2016). She was then raped and murder; her body was left in a parking lot of a church (Innocence Project, 2016). Four days later Nicholas Yarris was stopped by the police for a traffic violation…

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    While the author of The Other Wes Moore escaped a troubled childhood, a man of the same name and similar experiences ended up in prison. This Wes Moore ended up in prison because his only male role model is Tony, selling drugs, and was involved in a robbery. The first thing that put Wes Moore on the path to prison is his only male role model was his brother, Tony. Tony was a drug dealer and a “certified gangsta.” (27) Although Tony made it his mission “to give his little brother information he…

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    Originally Steven was handed a Death Sentence, in which he would have remained on death row until his execution date, fortunately, his sentence was reduced to life imprisonment with the potential for parole after ten years. Many years later, Steven was released from prison on parole in 1969, but he would remain a convicted felon for about five decades. For that same amount of time, he would remain known as the Rapist and murder of Lynne Harper. After his release from prison Steven, who was 24…

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    What Are Wes Moore's Life

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    In the story Life & Death two guys with the similar name meet. When one Wes Moore was known for robbing and killing the other was known for his great accomplishments. Wesley John Moore was a father at 16 and a convicted criminal. Wes had noticed that living the street was not a good thing, so he made a change. On the other hand the other Wes Moore was bad news and was later sent to boot camp and later convicted. While making his life better Wesley John found out through the news and other…

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