Juveniles Should Not Be Prison - 1914 Words

Juveniles in Jail Into days society there is a lot of debate and discussion on whether or not Juveniles should be sentenced to life in prison. Take in consideration that were talking about kids as young as like 6 years old. People talk about whether it’s right or not in other country’s they even banned the death penalty. Different people believe in different things. For example a group of people believe that juveniles should be sentenced to life in jail if they commit a heinous crime. Then there are people that believe that the juveniles should not be sentenced to life in prison. I personally belief that Juveniles or young adults should be sentenced to life in prison if they did commit a heinous crime. I believe in this because in my†¦show more content†¦I know that in some cases the juvenile clams to have a mental illness I believe that a lot of juveniles use this excuse or claim this because they won’t get as bad as a sentence. I believe this is not right because they a re giving people with a real mental illness a bad reputation. I believe that if the Juvenile claims to have a mental illness then that should be proven though different tests. In the article Teen charged with killing his math teacher uses insanity defense. Christian Science Monitor 16 Nov. 2015. General Reference Center. Web. 17 Nov. 2015.† This article it talks about a fourteen year old boy who murdered his algebra teacher and rapped her. He did this by slashing her throat and sexually assaulting her in the bathroom. I find that in this case the fourteen year old boy, yes fourteen year old boy knew what he was doing. In the article the boy states â€Å"Chism told a psychiatrist hired by his defense team that voices drove him to kill his Danvers High School algebra teacher, . . .†. In the article it also states â€Å" Chism has pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder and aggravated rape, the teenager allegedly confessed to the murder in a videotaped inter view after the attack, telling police that the teacher provoked him with a trigger word that he did not identify.† These to quotes are very important because they both show very important points. The quotes are important because they show that the young