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    victim out? If a man was doing those actions or something like it he should be put down‚ doesn’t matter if it’s by the police or a random person. by the general understanding of murder‚ is it counted as murder when the person is so dumb he won’t know what happened‚ basically putting him out of his misery. If a man kills a person‚ that said person deserves death as well‚ it’s an eye for an eye deal‚ George should not be punished for doing what was right‚ George always knew Lennie would screw everything

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    them. Imagine if the last time you saw your younger sibling/cousin you saw them‚ you see them getting escorted into a big metal cage and you watch as the door slams right in their little faces. It would be awful seeing that. Kids under the age of 16 should not go to jail‚ even if they do commit the heinous of crimes‚ because they are children. Adolescents are old enough to understand the difference between right and wrong‚ but they are too young to make the right choices yet. As Laurence Steinberg‚

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    The debate on whether parents should be held responsible for their children’s misdeeds has been going on for ages and people are divided on the issue. I believe that parents should be held responsible if their children commit any crime. A number of arguments surround my opinion. To begin with‚ if parents know that they will be held responsible for their children’s inappropriate actions‚ they will see to it that their children are well supervised and well cared for. Parents are responsible for

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    Dangers of Child Abuse: Should the Perpetrators Be Punished More Heavily? In the United States‚ a report of child abuse is made every ten seconds. America’s children are facing a hidden epidemic because the perpetrators are walking free. In many states depending on the severity of the case the punishment is often ten years for serious cases not including time taken off the sentence while in prison or time off for good behavior. These criminals are walking free only to resume their actions with

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    whether a juvenile criminal should be punished to the same extent as an adult. Those who commit capitol crimes‚ including adolescents‚ should be penalized according to the law. Age should not be a factor in the case of serious crimes. Many people claim that the child did not know any better‚ or that he was brought up with the conception that this behavior is acceptable. Although there is some truth to these allegations‚ the reality of this social issue is far more complex. The juvenile justice system

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    the capacity to handle adult responsibilities (Labelle‚ Phillips‚ Horton‚ 2006). Last year‚ the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Miller v. Alabama that mandatory life sentences for offenders under 18 was cruel and unusual punishment‚ and therefore unconstitutional. At the heart of the decision is the recognition that it is fundamentally unjust to mandate a life sentence for children convicted of homicide without considering mitigating factors. Young offenders in the juvenile and criminal justice systems

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    differently than adults in court cases? Juveniles have done horrible crimes and have been sent to life sentences. Death penalties aren’t enforced mostly till they are older. Many people find this unfair and argue they are too young to be sent to live behind bars. Juveniles have been convicted as adults far too long and it has to change. Juveniles have been sent to jail based on a crime they did for most of their life without parole. The author says‚ “1‚300 cases nationally of as an adult to life‚ sometimes

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    Do you think if it was to be your child doing this you should be held accountable for their crime? I believe parents should not be held responsible for crimes that their children committed because they did not force their child/children to do the crime. Since people do have a mind of their own and would probably still do these crimes even if their parents told them not too. The question is‚ are parents really the core of the problem or are there other bigger issues we have to consider? Many parents

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    Do you believe in this modern age juveniles should receive life sentence? For the past 20 years there have been many cases of teen murders‚ teen rape‚ etc Most people see this and want justice‚ as in death‚ life in prison‚ eye for a eye‚ but what if a child was being sentence not everybody will be approve. Because of this controversy some of the most famous murder cases are students turning on their teachers or parents‚ some as young as thirteen to seventeen years olds. The american people are deeply

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    An advantage to juveniles being handled in adult court is that many juveniles would not be arrested anymore for crimes considered against the law presently for minors. Many adolescent offenders are arrested for minor crimes now and if they are already on probation many trivial acts such as a suspension from school for “anything” can push them into a juvenile placement long term. I have seen it many times. Kids that are on probation for something they did 2 years prior such as at the age of 14

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