According to the article, "Juveniles Don't Deserve Life Sentences," written by Gail Garinger, claims how teens do not deserve to be punished for their crimes. I disagree with Garinger argument on how teens should have a second chance to prove themselves that they have changed. If I ever committed a crime, no matter how much I would hate to serve my life in prison, I will take the consequences. Those who do not receive the appropriate punishment, they will most likely commit another crime. Another thing that they can do is to experience house arrest. House arrest can be a much better punishment for a adolescent. This can give them an idea of how prison will be like, and also having a parole officer keeping an eye on them. However, teenagers should not be going around the streets knowing that they have broken a law, without learning their lesson and understand that it should never happen again. I believe that a teenage brain, thirteen to eighteen years old, can be mature enough to know what's right from wrong. If a teenager is involved in drugs and other types of medication that leads to brain damage, this can be used as evidence this child needs help and must be punished from their mistakes. Therefore, juveniles should not make an excuse that they were not aware that they have broken a law. Overall, I strongly believe that it is a judge job to decide what has to be done when a teen is sent to court.
Although sentencing juveniles to life in prison will prevent them from committing the crime again, I do agree that they should receive an appropriate punishment. Instead of sentencing them straight to life in prison, they should be offered to enter rehabilitation centers to improve themselves and their way of thinking.
ReplyDeleteI agree that they should get punished for the offense that they committed. The house arrest idea is a great one and will at least let the kids have a life still for a mistake that they committed.
ReplyDeleteI agree that they should get punished for the offense that they committed. The house arrest idea is a great one and will at least let the kids have a life still for a mistake that they committed.
ReplyDeleteI agree that teens should be punished for a crime they have committed. What I do not agree on, is that teens should receive the same punishment an adult receives. A teenager's brain is not fully developed yet to the point where they do not know why they do some of the things they do, or feel some of the things they feel. Just how an adult had to go through that development stage, a teen has to go through it as well. There are so many other ways a teen could be punished and still learn from their mistakes. Automatically serving them to life in prison is not fair. Teenagers are receiving punishments adults receive, so they should also get the same benefits adults get in the outside world.
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