Does Tsotsi Deserve Second Chances In Life

Imagine yourself as a teenager rotting away in a jail cell your whole life. More importantly, imagine that the reason your are there is because your were trying to protect yourself. Erik Jensen, 17, and Nathan Ybanez, 15, were sentenced to prison for life without parole. Nathan struck his mother with fireplace tongs; then he, Erik, and their friend, Brett Benson, destroyed the evidence. Brett took a plea bargain. Some say they deserve life because of their crime, but they were not in the right place of mind. Therefore, justice was not served in either case.

The tragic case of Larry and Brandon is a compelling story. It is a reality that stunned the city of Oxnard California when a 14-year-old boy named Brandon McInerney fatally shot a fellow classmate, Larry King, twice in the back of the head. The incident occurred in a computer lab where Brandon ran off after committing the crime. As a result of his actions Brandon McInerney was tried as an adult and was sentenced to 21 years in prison with no chance of parole. He will be released at the age of 39. Now the underlying question is was Brandon’s sentence a just resolution or should he have received more or less years in prison. The truth is that I believe Brandon’s verdict was a fair and just punishment,

John smith is a 14 year old boy living with an unstable family. His mom deals drugs and his dad is a drug addict. As a result, he lives in a ghetto neighborhood and hung out with bad company. He was convinced to take part in a house robbery. He was the look out like Steve Harmon in the book Monster. When he was on the look out his friend killed two of the people who lived in the house. Therefor John was charged as an adult and convicted to life in jail. His whole life is down the drain. John is 14 and doesn't know what he is getting himself into. He will be abused and raped because he is so young and weak compared to the other cell mates. He is also at the age where he still needs his body to develop but in jail it will not develop right so then he will not be healthy. At the time he did not know what he was getting into so he thought his friend was just going to go in and go out. But that did not happen. I think that kids at Johns age should not be charged as adults because even though John did a crime he was not the one who killed the

A man by the name of George Jackson was given a sentence of 1-2 years for robbery for a petty corner store robbery that he did. Instead of doing his one to two years he did way more than that, but is that right and by doing this it is not helping solve the problem. By keeping him in that type of environment it didn’t not help him learn from his mistakes instead it caused him to become more of a radical person. When a person has to sit in jail for years and years over a small crime doesn’t make sense in my eyes and when you mix people who shouldn’t be in jail long compared to people that have done something really wrong it causes them to turn into a person that they wasn’t at first. The whole mentally of a person changes all because they are forced to do more time than expected all because the color of their

Soon I’ll be ready to go see my friend and I have a tough decision to make. It’s not a problem to come up with the money for his bail. However, he has to know that he can’t do something like this ever again. Also if he say’s it was a mistake and he’s willing to fix it then there’s no better platform then back out in society bettering himself. I do believe everyone deserves a second chance to fix their wrong

State governments should provide compensation to the wrongfully convicted because it is their system that wasted the lives and took everything from these people. In “Reparations/Compensation for the Wrongfully Convicted: Overview”, by Tsin Yen Koh, we see the early process of compensation laws and its history followed by our current laws and its different ways of registering for these reparations. The article first tells about how people began to notice wrongful convictions after a man first looked into one of these cases. Then, people noticed the wide range of mistaken sentences and began to use DNA tests to support these claims. After the majority of these inmates had the same wrongful story, George W. Bush passed a law that would help with

Greg’s story is one to be spreader around to show other juveniles that there always is a second chance, but you have to fight for it. With this in mind I think we should diminish life sentences that do not offer a chance of parole because everyone deserves a second chance, especially if they worked long and hard to get it like Greg did.

With the case of Anthony Roland who was tried and sentenced to life in prison without parole. He was 17 when he committed the murder of a young boy who was the same age as him. He stabbed the boy multiple times and it is debated whether the murder was premeditated. But any 17 year old knows right and wrong especially when it comes to murdering another person who’s the same age as you. It’s quite simple that this boy had the intentions to kill this other young boy. Why give someone who pre-planned someone’s death a second chance? Who

sentenced to ten years in prison as he was he is too young to face the

Multiple people have been sentenced to 10 years in Prison for their awful crimes. Some robbed banks while others were killing innocent souls, but it was a completely different story for this one teen. He was brutally beaten by his friends and then they used his money for Drugs, Alcohol, and Cigars. After all of the ruckus he was then framed for selling Cigars and Alcohol to underaged kids. His friends lied about their ages just so they could keep the goods and get more money out of the teen as well. This teen had lost all of his friends, his money, and now is spending 10 years in Prison or so he thinks. His life will change his past but will also change his future as well. The teen was always named “Blank” and no one seemed to really bother

Society judges a person based on their actions, not their intentions or what led up to those actions. Determining whether a person, especially a juvenile, should be sentenced to life in prison without parole is an issue more complex than what that mindset allows, and this issue demands a broader perspective. In the case of juvenile criminals, no one is arguing for their innocence. However, supporters for the abolition of the juvenile life sentencing argue that they should be given them a second chance. Juveniles should not be sentenced to life in prison without parole no matter the crime.

The juvenile system was modeled on the belief that children should be rehabilitated rather than punished. However, Seskey has served 13-plus-years and has, observably, reached internal redemption. Conversely, Judge William’s ability to encourage rehabilitation is undermined by the enforcement of a mandatory minimum. Technicality, Seskey has served more than 29 years in prison “repenting” and “rehabilitating”, as the Judge argued, but what one-number of years is sufficient in the court’s eyes? It is the promise that even in our brokenness, our sins are forgiven. Why is it then that when it comes to our criminal justice system, we act in punitive ways, never in redemptive ways? I do not intend to explore these questions, but I believe

Should teens who commit serious crimes be forgiven so easily?The supreme court say that we should give a chance to young juveniles.On the other hand four justices strongly disagree with them.I believe that we should not abolish mandatory life in prison for juveniles because most juveniles must be held accountable for their actions.Therefore we should punish those who commit horrendous crime.

There are certain unforgivable things in life, such as pineapple on pizza. That being said, there is plenty of room for second chances for juvenile delinquents in the court of law. There are many reasons as to why juvenile delinquency leniency is advised, and in certain circumstances more serious crimes should be absolved. For starters, life without parole sentences should be reserved as punishment for the scum of the earth, which is seldom the case for many sentenced young criminals. In the majority, these children are not completely at fault for the consequence of their actions due to underdeveloped minds, outside influences, and ignorance of consequence; therefore should be evaluated accordingly.

When an innocent individual is incarcerated, it is an injustice to the individual being sentenced, the relatives of the sentenced, and the criminal justice system altogether. Years may pass and new evidence will be presented such as DNA testing and it will have confirmed that individual as innocent exonerated of their crimes. The challenge of being incarcerated is for the individual to make a change into a “normal” life which many times can be hard. Not only should our society do its part to improve the criminal justice system but also to support the responsibility in restoring those who have served their time under a wrong conviction. If there is anything we as a society should also provide to these once incarcerated, it is payment