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Comparing On Punishment And Teen Killers

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Juvenile Justice The supreme court's ruling on life in prison for juveniles is too easy. Juveniles who commit murder should be sentenced to life in prison. It's only fair that if a juvenile takes a life then they deserve life. I don't agree that they should abolish mandatory life in prison for juveniles. There are many arguments to be made to abolish life in prison. But what if a juvenile murders a dozen people. Will someone say that the kid does not deserve life in prison? The type of crime they commit will also have a big role in their sentencing. Life in prison should be maintained for the murderers out in the world. In the article “On Punishment and Teen Killers” by Jennifer Jenkins, she tells the story of a teenager who murdered a wife and her husband. It happened in 1990 in suburban chicago. The teen shot her and her first child still in the womb. The teen claimed that he just wanted to shoot …show more content…

They later found out that the remains in the sewer belonged to a kid named Tristen Jenson. The teen who killed tristen was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Is that justice? Would you still trust someone who has killed someone else? There are many arguments to be made for this case. He is still considered a killer and that scar will never go away. This story is another example of a teen who deserved to be sentenced to life. The video was a solved episode. When i was young my uncle got ran over by a drunk driver and died. I'm not sure how long he was in prison for but i just assume that he stayed there for a long time. Its until something bad happens to you or to one of your loved ones, You would want justice for them. If someone murdered or killed one of your loved ones, you would want the killer to be sentenced to life. It was just another day for my family and what are the chances that i will never see my uncle ever again. You never know what will happen in a day until it's

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The article “On Punishment and Teen Killers” written by Jennifer Jenkins is an article with very weak ethos. The author argues that teens who commit heinous crimes should receive life without the possibility of parole and that the victims rights should be considered. The author is a victim of a crime committed by a teen, her pregnant sister was brutally murdered by a teen gunman who wanted to “see what it felt like to shoot someone” (2). By bringing her sister into the paper the author lowers her credibility because she is emotionally connected to the case and has an obvious biased opinion. This leads to the readers to question her reliability on an unbiased opinion in the article.

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For the Portfolio Project I am choosing Option 2; Refuting that “justice” was achieved. I will draw upon my own concept of justice, the legal concepts of justice, studies, articles and empirical research to allow for my conclusion. Furthermore, I will consider the victims, (plural), and the impact of Richards sentence on his life. The Case of Richard Mijares At the outset of this class we were instructed to watch videos of Richard Mijares, a youthful offender who shot and killed his mother when he was aged seventeen years.

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The jury only took 35 minutes to convict Sullivan. Even though there was no physical or biological evidence linking Sullivan to the crime, as well as the lack of testimony from the victim, who was unable to identify her attacker; poor Sullivan was sentenced to life without parole (Agyepong, children left behind

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In the article “On Punishment and Teen Killers” by Jennifer Jenkins, the author shares her thoughts on teen killers and their lives after committing crimes. Throughout the article she also goes through the analysis of the punishment. To summarize, Jenkins starts off by sharing a quote that also shares her opinion on how people act on their own whether they’re influenced or not. As the article goes on she includes her personal experience on how a teen killer murdered her family where she also reveals that she is biased. With research that she might’ve done she implied and backed up the idea that crimes aren’t on impulse sometimes.

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This case is important because the kids that commit crimes are not being killed they are just sentenced to jail for life, but you don't see on the news minors killing and robbing people. No because kids or teenagers are not going around being charged with burglary, kidnapping, stealing and murder in the first degree. The case has not been replaced by any other but it has helped some cases and it has been helped by cases. My opinion on this case is odd, teens should not be wanting to kill people and if they have they should have to pay for it they did kill an innocent person. I understand that he was a minor and because he was it was cruel and unusual to put him to death but at the same time i feel that, it isn't fair that a innocent human being died and he gets to live.

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Here’s the proof: The neighbor saw a teenager with a brown sweater. That completely describes Mark and since he wasn’t with any of his friends at the time of the incident, he could very well be the killer. I think Mark should be put in jail for at least half a year and fined $1,000,000. Jeff Garnett and Betsy are probably next in line. They never tried to stop Mark and when Mark harassed Sue, they just went along with it.

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In this instance this kid deserves to be sentenced with life without parole. This was no accident, it was planned out how he was going to kill them and he didn't feel bad at all for doing it. Greg told the officers that everytime he got mad he thought about killing them and this time he went through with it. Greg got sentenced to sixty years in prison. When he got there he was fifteen years old, the youngest adult inmate at the

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I believe that each crime or murder should be looked at independently. That then mere fact that a person is under eighteen should not exclude them from the potential of a death sentence. Each crime should to be examined for premeditation and the heinousness of the

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On June 25, 2012, the Supreme court ruled that juveniles who committed murder could not be sentenced for to life in prison. Their reasoning was that it violated the 8th Amendment, that stated the ban of cruel and unusual punishment. However, that is not the only reason to have juveniles not be sentenced for life. I agree with the supreme court’s decision because juveniles who commit crime can be coming from an unhealthy background, their brain is not fully developed, and their characters are still in formation. Greg Ousley murdered his parents on February 27, 1993 with a rifle gun that he was found in his house.

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“ Those who have been exonerated each spent an average of 14 years in prison, and some even up to 35 or more years...but they also usually have to wait a few more years if and before they are exonerated (Innocence Project).” This Explains that to be able to become free you have to still be in for years . The perpetrators and or suspects who were caught, “148: True suspects and/or perpetrators identified. Those actual perpetrators went on to be convicted of 146 additional violent crimes, including 77 sexual assaults, 34 murders, and 35 other violent crimes while the innocent sat behind bars for their earlier offenses(Innocence Project).” DNA statistics, and no evidence that showed he

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Murder is heard in the Supreme Court and has the worst (longest) punishments available for the judge to use which is a life sentence. In this case there was enough evidence to leave the jury without a doubt that he was guilty. The reason he was given three life sentences in 2003 is because murder carries a mandatory maximum sentence of life. Due to his extensive criminal background starting from an age as early as 15 and his life sentence he was serving out at the time it meant his sentence had to be maximum. This is because in the courts he was said to be a sexual predator who was a danger to the community as well as having no conscience.

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I agree that abolishing the mandatory part but not abolishing the whole Juvenile Life Without Parole sentence because I believed that there are cases when a juveniles should get Juvenile Life Without Parole while there are juveniles who should not deserve it. Some deserve it because they non-repentance killers or to be serial killers while other should not deserve it because of the circumstances required them. Juveniles who killed people without any mercy should be treated as an adult and be given Juvenile Life Without Parole(JLWOP). For example, the murderer of Jennifer Jenkins’ pregnant sister and her husband. Jennifer describes, “[Jenkins’s Sister] begged for the life of her unborn child as [the killer] shot her.

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What if your loved one was savagely killed by a teenager with no remorse? Juveniles should be convicted as adults for ferocious crimes because even though they are “kids” they kill innocent people and should get punished for the crime they committed. Teenagers commit gruesome crimes like murder and knowing what they are makes the situation far worse. In the article “Kids are Kids-Until They Commit Crimes” the author Jennifer Jenkins talks about the teenagers that committed gory murders against innocent people that didn’t deserve to die like a road animal. For example, a 13 year old shot to death an english teacher.

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In 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that it is immoral to give juveniles life sentences, even if they commit a crime as serious as murder, because it is a cruel and unusual punishment. This has been an issue in America as teenagers are often treated as adults in court due to a belief that their crimes warrant a harsh punishment. Many believe that these kids should not be given such major sentences because they are still immature and do not have the self control that adults do. I agree that juveniles do not deserve life sentences because they put less thought and planning into these crimes and they often are less malicious than adults. The article “Startling Finds on Teenage Brains” explains that the teenagers lose brain tissue that is responsible for self control and impulses (Thompson 7).

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When people commit crimes, there should be disciplined no matter what. Juveniles need to learn that their behaviors have consequences. Why should kids be given any less of a punishment for committing the same crime? According to one author, “Taking a life is murder regardless of the age of the offender, and the penalties to be imposed must not discriminate. After all, the victim’s life will never be returned, and the family will permanently lose their loved one” (“7 Top Pros and Cons of Juveniles Being Tried As Adults”).

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