Persuasive Essay On Juveniles

Juveniles who commit first or second degree murder should not receive a mandatory sentence of life without parole. The majority of supreme court justices believes that it should not be mandatory to sentence juveniles to life without parole because violates the eighth amendment. The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution states that excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. What's the point of the United States Constitution if its not being used in the supreme court system. Teens should not be charged with a life sentence because teens do not have the same rights as an adult and a teenager's brain is not fully developed until age twenty-nine, additional research has found that adult and teen brains work differently.
Teens do not think the same as an adult. It has been proven the prefrontal cortex is still developing in teen's brain. Since the prefrontal cortex is still developing the brain it relies on the amygdala, which is associated with emotions, impulses, aggression and instinctive behaviour. Teen should be given a second chance to rehabilitate in society. “In terms of cognitive development, as research on the human brain has shown, Brazil and any other young teen is far from adulthood”,(“Startling Finds on Teenage Brains” by Paul Thompson). Teens don't have the reasoning power of adults. Teens are mentally,emotionally unable to be an adult.”These frontal lobes, which inhibit our violent passions, rash actions, and regulate our emotions, are vastly immature throughout the teenage years”,(Startling Finds on Teenage Brains” by Paul Thompson). Humans loss brain tissue during teenage years. This juvenile didn't mentally understand the output or think about what they did before they did the crime and should receive help from a medical