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Kenneth Young Case Summary

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In June 2000, fourteen-year-old Kenneth Young’s life was about to take a dramatic turn. After being pressured by his mother’s drug dealer, he was forced to participate in a series of armed robberies. As a result of this, only at fifteen years old, Kenneth Young was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences. On May 31, 2014, two twelve- year -old girls were charged with the attempted murder after stabbing another twelve-year-old nineteen times. If convicted the two girls can face up to sixty-five years in prison. There are cases like Kenneth’s where evidence has backed up his reasoning for the crime he never attended to commit. Whereas the case involving the two girls was pre-meditated and intentionally supposed to end in murder. With examples …show more content…

About 10,000 are housed in adult prisons due to the severity of the crime they committed. Juveniles can come in all forms. From murders, rapists, serial killers, and etc., all of these people are a threat to the world. Relating back to the two girls, if convicted they would be facing the next 65 years in jail, but if not they can be free by the age of 25.Would they develop a better mindset by then or do we keep them imprisoned? Some juveniles have done some unthinkable crimes such as killing their entire family, armed robberies, rape, forming group alliances to kill individuals as part of games, or stabbing a best friend to death. A thirty-year-old can commit these crimes and easily be sent to life or death, but why such a debate when a fourteen–year-old does it. Especially the violent cases should be looked at carefully. There are multiple instances of children killing their entire family for the joy of it. Why should that child be given only ten years in a juvenile prison when no remorse was shown and they received pleasure from it. This creates danger and panic to the public. By giving juveniles short or no sentences can cause people to not feel comfortable about …show more content…

If you let juveniles stay in a juvenile system or serve light sentences, then many would have not developed that right from wrong lesson. According to psychologists, once a criminal mindset has been created it doesn’t change throughout. Depending on the motive, whether its rage, jealousy, or love, the outcome is different for everyone. But, for those who receive pleasure from doing wrong, this can cause problems. For example, in 1993 two ten year boys were charged with the murder of two year James Bulger. After spending time in the juvie, both boys were released at eighteen. Later on, in 2010, one of the boys were sent back to prison due to child pornography. There is still that risk of committing another crime because he could have gotten that murder instinct again. Up to 57% of juveniles will continue to offend up to 25 after being arrested that first

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