Criminal Justice- Sentencing Juvinele Offenders - Short writting In 2003, 12-yea

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Criminal Justice- Sentencing Juvinele Offenders - Short writting

In 2003, 12-year-old Danni Reese Romig was brutally beaten, raped, murdered, and thrown in a river by her neighbor, 17-year old Brian Bahr, in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The prosecution agreed to a life sentence in a negotiated plea that spared Bahr from a possible death sentence. In nearby Philadelphia, Edwin Desamour went to prison for homicide as a 16-year-old. After his release, Desamour founded MIMIC, a nonprofit that uses ex-offenders to mentor at-risk youth. He and other advocates believe that rehabilitation programs, and life events, such as military service, marriage, and employment, can convert offenders into non-offenders after a period of maturation.

Considering what you have learned about the factors surrounding juvenile delinquency in Chapter 15 (Criminal Justice by siegel), please answer the following:

Should violent juvenile offenders should serve out their full sentences to "get what they deserve?" Is the sentence of life without parole "too harsh" for adolescents? Explain.

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Should violent juvenile offenders should serve out their full sentences to "get what they deserve?" Is the sentence of life without parole "too harsh" for adolescents? Explain.

No, violent offenders should be given full sentences for their acts. In the given case studies, the offenders are 17 and 16 years respectively. If a person has the understanding of rape at the age of 17, it can very well be said that the person has normal concious awareness as well. Moreover, committing. Crime such as rape, murdering the woman and throwing their dead body into the river, are no signs of some innocent person committing these acts. Just because he is 17, he should be given mercy !!. Did he show mercy on the person while exhibiting his brutality. Yes, the fact stands that juveniles should be given mercy or given lesser severe punishments, but in most of those cases, those adolescents either commit pick pocketing or some smaller felonies and they have a chance that after rehabilitation, they would understand how important it is to stay within rules and norms. But a person who doesn’t even have fear of law or carries out such Britain acts, is not mentally fit to be in a society be of whatsoever age, and the society is at a high risk that they might carry out the same acts again and again, if not of the same intensity. Moreover, it is important to set an example in the society, that any age, but cts of such brutality should and would not be spared.

Sentence without parole can be too harsh for an adolescent, only keeping his crime in mind and the degree to which he shows promise of changing. For the acts like above, sentence with parole would be too easy.

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