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Pros And Cons Of Life Sentencing
When it comes to sentencing a juvenile who has committed a murder or heinous crime it all depends on the circumstances. There was a Supreme Court ruling stating that juveniles could not be charged with life sentencing because they felt as if this was violating the Eighth Amendment on cruel and unusual punishment. Marjie Lundstrom, Paul Thompson, and Gail Garinger agree with the Supreme Court ruling of not giving life sentences to children, Lundstrom feels if they think a juvenile is old enough to be charged as an adult then maybe they should lower the voting age to fourteen and Garinger feels that when sentencing juveniles to life in prison they’re also being denied access to a better education and left lost and hopeless and Thompson feels
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