US must stop jailing minors for life, says Amnesty
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I typed your question into google...
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11-year-old Pennsylvanian is youngest person in world to face life without parole | The Raw Story
Jordan Brown is the youngest person known to Amnesty International to be currently at risk of being sentenced to life imprisonment with no parole. However, there are already at least 2,500 people in the US serving life imprisonment without parole for crimes committed when they were under 18.
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EnglishLady
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Thank you
Actually, the two British boys were released on parole so did not receive the sentence referred to in this thread.
Wait a minute - how can we say some people are not adults in any way [voting, alcohol, sex, marriage] except legal culpability? There's a very good reason why they can't expect the rights of an adult: their development is incomplete, and they haven't gained the knowledge, experience, and maturity to make choices as an adult. But that doesn't matter when they commit a serious crime?
Why aren't they reevaluated at age 21, or 25, to determine whether they remain a threat to society?
As Tbub noted, sexual predators cannot presently be treated as cured, ever, but how many of the minors were cognizant of the nature of the acts committed as children? Maybe all of them, but it seems unlikely, really.[ Haven't we all seen little kids playing 'doctor', who hadn't the faintest idea of why it so horrified adults?]
It's quite possible that a reevaluation would find those convicted as children perpetually unfit for society - but shouldn't they be judged as adults, when they reach that age?
Why aren't they reevaluated at age 21, or 25, to determine whether they remain a threat to society?
As Tbub noted, sexual predators cannot presently be treated as cured, ever, but how many of the minors were cognizant of the nature of the acts committed as children? Maybe all of them, but it seems unlikely, really.[ Haven't we all seen little kids playing 'doctor', who hadn't the faintest idea of why it so horrified adults?]
It's quite possible that a reevaluation would find those convicted as children perpetually unfit for society - but shouldn't they be judged as adults, when they reach that age?
One thing I learned while at that youth prison, very few of those "kids" are ever going to be a useful human being. The vast majority will always remain a threat. They have no soul.
RLENT
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Glad to see ya got out of the biz .... with after acquiring that sort of "education", it's probably a good thing
Glad to see ya got out of the biz .... with after acquiring that sort of "education", it's probably a good thing
What are you talking about?
As to my ideas on youth offenders. I observed, I talked, I listened to them for the better part of 3 years. It was scary what I learned. There was, for the most part, no "light" in their eyes. They were full of hate, and for the most part, for no reason.