Kiip Kip Kinkel Should Be Sentenced To Life In Prison

In this summary response we are summarizing the article “On Punishment and Teen Killers”. In this article Jennifer Jenkins talks about her sister’s experience and how it was caused by a teenager. And what she is basically trying to make a claim on how teens do deserve to go to life sentences. But yet she does not have any experience since she is just a teacher.

Facts: Kyle John Kelbel was convicted of first-degree murder, past pattern of child abuse, in violation of Minnesota state statute section 609.185(5) and second-degree murder, in violation of Minnesota statute 609.19, subdivision 2(1). He was sentenced to life in prison for the death of Kailyn Marie Montgomery. Kelbel appealed, and argued that the district court failed to instruct the jury that it must find that the state proved beyond a reasonable doubt each of the acts that constituted the past pattern of child abuse and he also argued that the evidence against him was insufficient to prove past pattern of child abuse

Currently if a D aged 18 or over is convicted of murder, the judge must pass a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment. For offenders aged 10-17 found guilty of murder, the judge must order that they are detained at Her Majesty’s Pleasure. The fact the sentencing is mandatory and the judge has no discretion leaves a lack of ability to sentence according to blameworthiness, unlike all other offences which have discretion in sentencing; Gotts. This lack of differentiation between blameworthiness is further emphasised by the Government’s sentencing guidelines laid down in the Criminal Justice Act 2003. Under this act in cases of murders of police officers or murders involving firearms D should receive a 30 year sentence. However, in cases like that of Martin (Anthony) such a sentence would appear unjust.

If he was not eventually stopped there would be no telling what he could do. Due to the day in age he was sentenced to death. However he should have received help and been admitted to a mental facility so he could be treated as a patient and hopefully one day recover from his illness. For this reason he is responsible for the actions that took place however, his actions were not entirely his fault.

I agree with you, I do not understand why Kenneth was given that sentence because he was not the adult in the situation with a gun. I believe that Kenneth was with this guy because he had no one else to look up to. It is sad that our justice system is so hard on our young men; some of them are just in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong people. I do believe that Kenneth was rehabilitated and I believe he should be released from prison due to his hard work and time served.

Committing crimes as horrendous as mass shootings at schools should be dealt with the highest punishment available under the constitution. Mass shooters like Adam Lanza, who in cold blood murdered 20 children and 6 staff members in an elementary school located in the quiet town of Sandy Hook, Connecticut. There is no rehabilitation for a psychopathic killer who takes the life of TWENTY innocent children with neither hesitation nor reason. Adam Lanza is the prime example of a criminal who deserved to be tried with the death penalty as an option. He held no remorse, before he went to the elementary school and slaughtered 20 kids; he murdered his 52 year old mother while she was sleeping in her bedroom. These are characteristics of a man who deserved the death penalty as punishment for the murder of 26 people and suffering inflicted on the families. This man was neither innocent nor deserving of sympathy. In cases similar to Sandy Hook, the death penalty should be an option.

In May of 1998, Kipland Kinkel brought a gun to his school. Over the course of two days this escalated from: being sent home, to murdering his father and mother, to murdering 2 students and wounding 26, earning a lifetime sentence of 111 years and 8 months in prison. In the court case being examined, the presiding judge addresses the original case, defendants ground for appeal, and the justification for the State’s decision to deny the appeal. Judge Haselton effectively uses ethos, logos, and pathos to support the Higher Court’s decision to deny the appeal because the original sentence was constitutional and just.

America is again divided by something that we need a solution for right away. Today, it is between the people who believe mandatory life in prison for juveniles should be abolished and those who believe the opposite. If a teenager committed murder and any other heinous act they indeed should be sentenced to life. We cannot let people get away with that. They took the life of another, so they should see how it feels. There are many reasons why you should believe juvenile life sentences should still be legal such as the effect it has on the victims families, the accountability these teens should have, and just how ludicrous any other counter argument can be.

On January 26 he was found hung from his cell in which the case that he committed suicide. He was only seventeen, five feet two inches tall, and weigh about 225 pounds and sadly died because he had no protection in an adult prison. He just happened to be weak and had no real help with the people who should've been helping him. I personally don't believe children should be tried as adults because of the way we have deal with children who commit crimes, we need to change the way we sentence them because they are in danger in adult prisons, and we do not rehabilitate them.

In the future, one can only hope the criminal justice system more accurately endures a punishment to fit the horrific crime. The only thing he deserves is to suffer in an isolated cell with no contact to the world for the rest of his pathetic

him in this trial. Does he deserve another chance or a different sentencing phase? The answer

Because he was a minor, he was released early, and less then two years later, He murdered his ex-girlfriend and her two children. The magazine says this is proof that harsh punishment, like a real jail, are necessary. But, really this is just proof that sending minors to a juvenile facility can prevent this from occurring. They can give counseling and support that adult jails can’t provide. They should’ve sent the boy to a facility, where he could’ve changed his life

Erik Jensen and Nathan Ybanez were both sentenced to life in prison without parole after being charged with felony murder in regards to the death of Nathan’s mother, Julie Ybanez. However, many people believe this sentencing to be too harsh due to the ages of the boys (who were 16 and 17). Many people also believe that Erik Jensen shouldn’t have been given life without parole even if he was an adult because it was never proven that he was involved with the murder, only tampering with evidence, as he helped Ybanez clean up the crime scene and remove Julie Ybanez’s body. Others believe Erik played an equal part of the murder, because he never attempted to intervene, his fingerprints were on the murder weapon, and his knees were covered in Mrs. Ybanez’s blood.

Capital punishment on a balance does more harm than good. Even in the case of someone who has done the evilest things, forgiveness should remain. Our society cannot overcome violence with another form of violence. With everything that has been going in our surrounding – shooting and act of terrorism, our goal is to build a culture of life and solidarity with one

Christopher Simmons was not your typical American teenager. Abused and neglected as a young boy, by the time he was seventeen years old he came a convicted murderer and was sentenced to the death penalty. His case quickly became under fire for overriding his Eighth Amendment right that stated that the federal government cannot impose cruel and unusual punishment upon anyone. Christopher Simmons was old enough and mature enough to understand that what he did was morally and socially wrong. If someone can completely conjure up a murder plot by oneself, then they should be sentenced to the death penalty no matter the age. Simmons should have received the death penalty despite his age at the time of the crime he