Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Juveniles Don't Deserve Life Sentences"
In the article, "Juveniles Don't Deserve Life Sentences," written by Gail Garinger, He stated that juveniles shouldn't be responsible or punished for any crime that they commit. This topic is a great topic that was discussed but the answer that I believe is the right answer is that these kids need to get a life-lesson and deserve to get punished. They will only do the offense again if there is no serious consequence in the first one. Kids will commit so many offenses if they know that they won't be punished by the law. Parents can only do so much for their kids for punishment but if they went to a correctional hall, then that will most likely change their ways. Now, i'm not discussing kids ten and younger but eleven and older know what is right and what is wrong in the eyes of the law and also morally right and wrong, so they should be punished for their actions. In the eyes of parents, they will say that "kids are being kids" yet they will stay kids with this kind of attitude. The parents will baby their kids so much that they will fight for them to not punish their kid in the eyes of the law. The judge and the jury should see beyond that because no matter what the parent says and no matter the age of eleven and older, a criminal offense is a criminal offence and it can't go unnoticed and, definitely, unpunished.
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Ana, I totally agree with what you said about teens needing to learn a lesson, however, I believe that if the parents don't teach their child the difference between right and wrong--- they're failing to teach them ethics and lacking parenting skills. They have to be able to discipline a child because if they don't that child is just going to get out of control and end up in prison. I've witnessed situations in which a child will get in trouble and the parents will resolve everything and fight for their child because that's what parents do. Parents have a profound love for their children and are willing to sacrifice anything and everything for them. At some point parents will have to stop babying their child and hold them responsible for their actions because they know better and will be held accountable in the eyes of the judge and jury.
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