Juvenile Justice : Juvenile Crime

Life without parole is a waste of life. Juveniles have been sentenced to life without parole. Juveniles are never given second chances. I believe that rehabilitation is necessary it gives hope to them. In juveniles Don't deserve life by Gail garinger she states ¨nationwide, 79 young adolescents have been sentenced to die in prison. These children were told that they could never change and that no one cared what became of them¨. In on punishment and teen killer by jenifer jenkins she states ¨The juvenile death penalty was abolished here years ago and a life sentence still allows a great deal of good living to be done even from behind bars¨. After considering both sides

Everyone, especially in matters of serious crimes, should get the Justice they deserve. In a juvenile court, the sentences will be less stringent because of someone's age. An example is given on the website https://flowpsychology.com/10-pros-and-cons-of-juveniles-being-tried-as-adults/, “In 2006 a 12-year-old girl killed her entire family for not approving of her boyfriend. She was only given 10 years.” Juvenile courts are not allowed to deliver the death penalty. In a situation where the death penalty would

In today's society, there are many crimes going on. Adults are not the only ones that commit crimes. One issue today is that juvenile offenses and whether juvenile offenders should be tried as adults in criminal court. A common phrase that is often used in this case of young juveniles committing crimes is "Old enough to do the crime, old enough to do the time." This phrase should be cleared to people that juveniles are not adults, and with this being said it will not make them one. "It has redefined juvenile offenses by treating most of them as delinquent acts to be adjudicated within a separate juvenile justice system that is theoretically designed to recognize the special needs and immature status of young people and emphasize rehabilitation over punishment" (Steinberg). While juveniles should be responsible for their actions, and should be held accountable for the crime, then the juvenile justice system is design to determine the consequences. Youths are still minors and are less mature. They often face a lot of negative peer pressure. Therefore, juveniles should not be tried in courts as adults.

Age should not be a factor that distinguishes punishment for the criminals. Sentencing juveniles to life in prison after committing a murder is only morally correct. I will not even refer to the sentence as “ adult sentence” because if it really came down to morals and justice for the people there would have never been a distinction between adult sentencing and juvenile sentencing. The justice system should be equitable for all people who commit a crime on US soil.

Sentencing people to life without parole are for people who in a sense will never every change. People who are beyond hope and don’t have the capacity to change their lives around. We don’t let kids do what adults do, we don’t let them drive, go to parties, let them smoke, let them drink, let them make important decisions, let them join the military. For many juveniles who are sentenced to life in prison first end up having a hard time. They have a hard time because the services that you think they should receive are not available to them. For example states such as Florida when sentencing juveniles to prison for life it may take several years for them to continue their school education because life without parole are the lowest priority on

There has been a lot of discussion regarding juveniles and incarceration. One of the bigger questions is should juveniles receive life without parole or the death penalty. In my opinion, it depends on the crime and not the age of the suspect at the time of the crime. I believe all murderers should be given life without parole at the very minimum, regardless of the age of the suspect. I understand the law, but I do not necessarily agree with the law regarding punishments and protecting suspects while the victims have to fight for justice. With that being said, I believe in, “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.”

In Gail Garingers article Juveniles Don’t Deserve Life Sentences, she mentions that “79 young adults have been sentenced to die in prison,” this is an alarming number of youths who made a mistake that they will regret. Sending someone to prison without help will not do anything, it is just takes away their future and life. These juveniles will never have a family of their own, will not be able to see their family everyday, and will know nothing about the world that is going on around them. Garinder also brings up the topic of sentencing a youth to prison without parole, “... decide whether children can be sentenced to life without parole...” If an adult can be sentenced with the same crime for life with parole, why would a kid get life without parole? Especially when a child does not have the full brain capacity as an adult. If a kid commits a crime, everyone thinks they are bad, but what about what is happening to them mentally or in their family for them to have acted out? No one thinks about that. Taking a youths life does not help the situation, it would be more logical to get them a psychologist or rehabilitation for the action that they have

In the article, “Juveniles Don’t Deserve Life Sentences” by Gail Garinger, states that, “An overwhelming majority of young offenders grow out of crime” (9). They have a chance to clean up their act and completely transform into a sensible person because their mindsets are still developing. This is another reason why I don’t think teens should be given the same sentences as adults. They are more easily influenced than their older counterparts and this is one of the factors that differentiate the two. I believe age limits were implemented into our everyday lives.Due to the inconsistencies in the mental state of juveniles, they aren’t trusted to take on “adult” responsibilities. In all other aspects of the world, we are considered children; children who deserved to be nurtured. If they aren’t treated as adults normally, why should they be in the judicial system? We shouldn’t be sent away for committing a heinous crime. Instead, we should be looked after and monitored so that we can learn from our mistakes. Children are better reformed in an environment where they are taught right from wrong as compared to one where they are treated as

Adult prisons are too extreme to have a child of 13 years of age contained in. Also be sentenced for life in prison can destroy a young adult’s mentality that is still going under development. Juveniles that commit crimes should be sent to facilities where there are other of the same age so it wouldn’t be so extreme on them. A way of also handling not having juveniles serve their entire life in prison is putting them in special programs to why they did that in the first place. In that program they can find answers to their rehabilitation so they can clear their confusion and start over with their life. It also not is always the child’s fault because sometimes they can be diagnosed with illness they have or a disorder. It can cause them to act rash and make them have the sensation to kill and destroy.

There are approximately 1,200 people that are currently serving a life sentence for crimes they committed as children (“Sentenced Young”). More than 25% of those people “were convicted of felony murder or accomplice liability”, as in they were not the person who killed the individual and may have not even been there when the killing took place (“Facts and Inforgraphics”). The majority of the juveniles sentenced to life-without-parole come from states where that is the mandatory sentence regardless of their age or circumstances (“Facts and Inforgraphics”). California, Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, and Pennsylvania have the greater part of the juveniles sentenced to life-without-parole (“Facts and Inforgraphics”). Fourteen states have banned

Juveniles should not be tried and sentenced as adults because their brains are not fully matured thus making the process impossible to undergo the experiences of being tried and sentenced as an adult. The juvenile justice system needs to be revised and start to work towards helping the juveniles find the right path and not setting them up to fail. Some people might say that these adolescents need to just fall silent and do the time in adult prison. The problem is, youth cannot do the same time like an adult would, because they are not adults, no matter how much society would like them to carry themselves as so, they simply cannot. The public should put themselves in the juvenile’s shoes and become aware of all the trauma and abuse the juveniles live through while being tried and sentenced as an adult.

Imagine a sibling, cousin, or friend, young and oblivious. Not having to worry about the world or the dangers that come with it, just enjoying their youth. Now imagine their once happy, free-spirited self, scared, sad, and lonely with handcuffs, a uniform behind cold metal bars. Imagine the last time you see them is while they are walking out of a courtroom, knowing they won't come back out because they were just sentenced to life in prison. It would be a horrible thing to witness knowing their life hadn’t truly started yet. Juveniles accused of violent crimes should not be tried and sentenced as adults because the frontal lobes of a juvenile's brain is not fully developed, they are more impulsive, and they focus on the potential outcome and

Now at the same time there are some juveniles that deserve life sentences such as the offender in the article written by Jennifer Jenkins. This offence wasn't out of necessity nor was it an accident from what Jenkins stated. Personally that’s where the line should be drawn by the government. Youth should not be sentenced to life without parole unless they purposely kill a person without probable cause, which in most cases is in the act of self defense. Other than that teens shouldn’t be tried as adults until they are age eighteen. What do you propose regarding youth being tried as

Regardless of age, a killer is a killer. A killer can be the daily customer you have at your job or the child you’re babysitting. “The Supreme Court justices would be wise as well as compassionate to strike a balance: Make juvenile offenders responsible for their actions but don't completely rob them of hope. And this should apply not only to the inmates who were 14 at the time of their crimes but to the remaining 2,497 who were 15 to 18 years old,” (Ellison 19). Kids make mistakes all the time, that doesn’t mean we should take their life away from them. With overlooking the listed factors in court when sentencing a juvenile, this will improve the number of children in prisons. Not all of these children partake in the act because of evil, but merely because of

Juveniles shouldn’t obtain a life sentence without parole for first degree murder because their brain hasn’t developed properly or have been through any abuse. Juveniles aren’t adults and should be treated as minors.