Analysis: Do Juvenile Killers Deserve Life Behind Bars
Reaction Paper 1
April 11, 2013
Laura Rognerud
After reading “Do Juvenile Killers Deserve Life behind Bars” and doing some research, I side with Charles Dutton; “There is no point in destroying a second life if that life is actually redeemable”. There are many reasons why juveniles do not deserve life in prison without parole. It is not right to hold children and adolescents who are underage to adult standards. Children do not have the rights or responsibilities that adults do. At that time in their lives, children’s brains are not fully developed so we recognize their inability to make decisions. Barbe Stamps makes a good point in her article on juvenile punishment when she states, “We don’t say, ‘This is a very important election,
April 11, 2013
Laura Rognerud
After reading “Do Juvenile Killers Deserve Life behind Bars” and doing some research, I side with Charles Dutton; “There is no point in destroying a second life if that life is actually redeemable”. There are many reasons why juveniles do not deserve life in prison without parole. It is not right to hold children and adolescents who are underage to adult standards. Children do not have the rights or responsibilities that adults do. At that time in their lives, children’s brains are not fully developed so we recognize their inability to make decisions. Barbe Stamps makes a good point in her article on juvenile punishment when she states, “We don’t say, ‘This is a very important election,