Jr's Sentencing Case Study

In the article “On Punishment and Teen Killers” by Jennifer Jenkins asserts that teens are becoming more violent and starting commit more crimes because of the national television they watch.Jenkins tells the reader about “JLWOP” (Juvenile Life Without Parole) and how kids are being sentenced to life in prison without parole.Some people are trying to advocate to minimize the offender culpability because of their age.While kids are getting sentenced to life without parole, this disproves juvenile advocates reliance on the undeveloped brain.Some juvenile offenders truly understand what the victim family go through and how long it takes them to recover.There were millions of dollars spent to end JLWOP and to set convicted murderers free.

The Juvenile justice system has changed over the years. Before the first establishment of this system, courts and judges treated juveniles as adults and sometimes received the same punishment as adults. For many years, there were debates on if children before the age of 21 were responsible for their actions seeing as they aren’t fully capable of understanding their actions. This murder of Jamie Bulger created an uproar all over the world on children at such a young age know right from wrong and also violence. Backgrounds, and family upbringing and violence in the media had played a

The United States is less the 5% of the world population but has almost 25% of the world’s prison population (Coates, 2015; Waldman, 2016). In the last 40 years, the number of American civilians imprisoned by the United States has increased 500%. (Mauer, 2011). However, this explosion in incarceration rates has not been evenly distributed throughout the American population (Waldman, 2016). While one in seventeen White men will be imprisoned in their lifetime, one in sixteen Latino men will face this fate and for Black men, the number is one in three (Mauer,2011). Neither the racial disparity in incarceration nor its scale was accidental (Coates, 2015). The mass incarceration of Black men in the United States was a direct result of the “War

On December 17, 1992, 15 year-old Jacob Ind went to school after having murdered his mother and stepfather in the early hours of that morning. In an interview with Frontline he recalled, “I remember I was sitting in the police station and this is how out of touch of reality I was. I had a small amount of marijuana, like an eighth of an ounce, in my bedroom. And I 'm telling my brother, 'You got to get the marijuana or else I 'm in trouble” (Profile Jacob Ind). His attorneys contended that he was acting in self-defense, claiming that the murders were the climax of years of insult by his parents. On June 17, 1994, he was convicted and handed a mandatory sentence of lifetime without parole. This is just one of many life experiences of juveniles sentenced to life without parole in the U.S. There have been many other instances where the juvenile was not the real murderer, but was however given the lifetime without parole sentence. In those instances the defendant would have been convicted of felony murder, in which the defendant could have just been an active participant in a crime during which a murder was committed and consequently, spend life in jail without parole. Felony murder came into play in the case of Devon and Jovon Knox, in July 2007, the 17-year-old twins set out to steal a car together (Sentencing Juveniles). During the car jack, one of the brothers shot and killed the car’s owner. The panel could not decide which brother pulled

Garinger was a former juvenile court judge, so Garinger is a very credible source when it comes to the topic of juvenile criminals. To support Garinger’s credible usage of ethos, he demonstrates that in 2005, Supreme Court acknowledged that even though juveniles have committed terrible crimes such as homicide “juvenile offenders cannot with reliability be classified among the worst offenders” (6). This technique of providing the opinions of Supreme Court helps build Garinger’s credibility, and even more so that he is was a former juvenile court judges, so he most likely has a personal relationships with the Supreme Court. Readers feel sympathy to any juvenile who have been charged as adults and been sentenced to life without parole.

Justice is like a river,strong but can be easily contaminated.On April 1,2003 the government introduced the YCJA in canada,It covers the prosecution of youths for criminal offences for ages 12-17.It is clear that since it’s introduction in 2003 the YCJA has been making a remarkable stride for youth offenders.It is evident that the YCJA is both fair and equitable to youth who have broken the law. The YCJA gives youths seconds chances at a better future,don't clog the court with minor cases and understand kids haven't matured yet.

This essay explains sentencing in the United States Criminal Justice system. The objectives of punishment in the United States corrections is to help deter crime and to ensure reoffenders don’t reoffend. Sentencing impacts the corrections system and society in a positive manor by eliminating offenders out of the community. Sentencing may include one of the following: probation, fines, prison, community service, probation and so forth depending on the state you reside and the type of offense you commit. Each crime committed doesn’t have a set sentence, therefore they are determined on a case to case basis. The main goal of the criminal justice system is to defend the community and serve justice. Sentencing plays a vital role in the Criminal Justice system.

I believe that the testimonies given during the trial should not have mitigated the severity of the crime; Ind deserved to learn from his mistakes and understand that murder is not the only way out of an abusive and traumatizing situation. Sentencing him to jail for the rest of his childhood would have sufficed as a proper punishment accompanied with a retrial as a young adult and a psychological evaluation. The court, in no way mitigated the sentence of Jacob Ind.

Nathan Ybanez was mental, physically, and sexually abused by his parents his whole life. The Ybanez family was always moving consequently there was a very unstable homelife. Nathan got into an argument with his mother and ended up murdering her. I will be charging Nathan as a youth, the reason I’m charging Nathan as a youth is the fact that he didn’t plan to kill his mother and the fact that he was abused by both of his parents. The sentence I have given to Nathan is Custody and Supervision for 4 years, then probation for 3 years. Nathan will be in Custody and Supervision because even if he didn’t plan to kill someone his mother is now dead because of him. Nathan will have 3 years of probation in order to reintegrate him back into

The recording is based on research founded by Nazgol Ghandnoosh, who is a research analyst for the sentencing project. The sentencing project is a non-profit group that advocates for the criminal justice reform. She also, is an author of a report called “Race and Punishment: Racial Perceptions of Crime and Support for Punitive Policies, which is about her study of police shootings disproportionately affecting African American and how media coverage shows racial bias against African American. In addition, a 2002 survey found that people made an estimate that 40 percent of those that committed violent crimes were African American, but the real percentage was only 29 percent. According to Nazgol Ghandnoosh (2015), a research

On 05/23/2018 at approximately 2226 hours, I, Deputy A. Martinez Vazquez (117015) responded to 211 Mission Rd., Oviedo, Seminole County, Fl. In reference to a disturbance inside of the residence. While in route to the residence, I was notified that the disturbance turned physical against a mother and daughter. Before I arrived to the residence I was notified that the 15 year old female juvenile was inside of her room.

Daniel first became involved in the justice system at age 16. His legal history includes five intake contacts and two violations of parole. Daniel has had an intake contact for a felony offense. None of the intake contacts were for felony offenses against another person. He has no history of escape. He has had three juvenile detention confinements and no other court ordered placements.

While we already received the Supreme Court’s new ruling on minors who were sentenced life without parole. The Supreme Court found that giving minors life without parole was unconstitutional. Over the years, Stevenson had the pleasure of meeting and handling Joe Sullivan’s case. Joe has been sentenced to life without parole when he was 13. Joe was accused of sexual battery after breaking into a home by two older boys. The older boys received short sentences while Joe, who is severally mentally disabled, was sentenced to die in prison. When The Equal Justice Initiative took on the case, Stevenson noticed that Joe’s previous lawyer was debarred and the evidence that could have exonerated Joe was destroyed. The Equal Justice Initiative petitioned to the Florida State Courts about Joe’s sentence, but it was dismissed. Not giving up, The Equal Justice Initiative appealed to the United States Supreme Court where Joe’s sentence was found unconstitutional and it also said that children cannot be sentenced to life without parole for non-homicidal

In 1998, Erik Jensen and Nathan Ybanez were high school students in a wealthy suburb of Denver and members of a band called Troublebound. Erik had a good childhood and relationship with his parents; Nathan’s story was quite the opposite. Within less than two years of the classmates meeting, Nathan had killed his mother, and Erik was incriminated and said to have participated in the killing, (a lie,) by another friend involved in the cover-up. They both got locked up, never to leave prison so long as they have a pulse. In the today’s world, juvenile justice is a huge concern of everyone involved. Many Supreme Court Justices feel that juveniles should be subject to life in prison, however, a majority feel that kids should not be subject to such

To continue on this specific case, I was confused about this mans sentencing. Not because I personally thought he should deserve a harsher sentence but because legally I thought he should have days added to his current jail time. He had already been jailed for 60 days before going before he was tried for his 2nd crime. Why is it that he didn’t get a further sentencing, adding on top of what he had already done? To me if he had again committed a crime of the same stature shouldn’t there should be repercussions to instill in this man’s mind that what he is doing is not ok. They way I looked at it is that the judge figured since he had yet to complete the amount of time already given to him, why don’t we just wait and see if he’s a changed man