person can be held accountable for a crime that leads to a lifetime in prison without parole, but juveniles should never experience this type of punishment for a crime. A juvenile behind bars may have experienced a traumatic childhood such as unhealthy relationships with parental figures, allowing them to commit serious crimes later in life. I believe that a juvenile that has committed any type of crime should be permitted to have their cases reviewed. Only after the juveniles have shown an increase
to stop letting things slide because people are corrupt. There are many ways that we could do things differently like get them the help that they need, not letting jail be the first option and many more. We take freedom for granted way more then we should, and the people that don’t have the freedom more than likely aren’t in there getting the help that they need, they are just in there because it is a easy solution for people. The criminal justice
adults. Many people would say that we should be protecting the children and not taking out vengeance on them and they are too young to take on such a weighty legal responsibility. If the child is old enough to commit the crime, then they should be punished for it. Several reasons explain why they should be tried like they will understand the
Capital Punishment risks the execution of the innocent person. Sadly, one cannot be brought to life if found not guilty after the execution. Human beings are biased and make mistakes too. The jury that decides the fate of the criminal is also a group of humans so, there is a high chance of executing an innocent life. The article “Rethinking the Death Penalty” states, “Most Americans still favor the death penalty, but support has declined in the past five years. Critics point to documented attacks