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The Case Of Johnny Cade

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PTSD can be triggered by something extremely petrifying for someone. Johnny has the symptoms of PTSD from when Bob beat him half to death. This is shown when Johnny freezes in fear after seeing Bob's rings. PTSD stands for post traumatic stress disorder. One side is Johnny should not be convicted of murder because he is innocent and the other side is Johnny should be convicted of murder because Johnny is guilty. Johnny shjoould not get put in prison for something that wasn't his fault because Johnny was already scared of Bob because he has been beaten by him before. This shows that Johnny did it out of fear of death. No, Johnny Cade should not be convicted of murder No, Johnny Cade should not be convicted of murder because Johnny was already scared of Bob because he has been beaten by him before. Johnny was severely beaten by Bob before he was beaten so badly that he almost died from that beating. According to the outsiders by SE Hinton the text says on page 44, it said “Johnny was breathing heavily and i noticed he was staring at the socs hand he was wearing three heavy rings” and “Johnny's face has been cut up by someone wearing rings”. This shows that this was not …show more content…

Even so, Johnny should not be charged with murder because because he has all of the things from , for example he has post-traumatic stress(PTSD) from him getting beat by Bob before we know this because the marks on Johnny match with the rings. However, according to First Degree Murder vs. Second Degree Murder the text says “There are certain circumstances that might reduce the sentencing from first or second degree murder to manslaughter or homicide. Depression, post-traumatic stress, mental disorders and self defence”. This shows that Johnny was under symptoms of ptsd. depression, post-traumatic stress, mental disorders and self defence. All of this was caused by the socs and his

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