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 Nov 30 2009, 08:27 PM
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True or false: The sentencing of juveniles to life without parole constitutes “cruel and unusual punishment.”
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Dec 10 2009, 09:18 AM
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 Jake - The Unholy Trinity / Premiscuous Poeteer. Group: Member Posts: 1,272 Joined: May 2006 Member No: 411,316 |
QUOTE(BamBamBoogie @ Nov 30 2009, 09:27 PM)  True or false: The sentencing of juveniles to life without parole constitutes “cruel and unusual punishment.” First, what is a juvenile, and secondly, no. If teenagers insist they are right all the time, let them take responsibility for their actions. |
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Dec 10 2009, 09:38 AM
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 I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
QUOTE(Kontroll @ Dec 10 2009, 08:18 AM) First, what is a juvenile, and secondly, no. If teenagers insist they are right all the time, let them take responsibility for their actions. when did the teenager insist they were right? no one is saying they shouldn't take responsibility for their action, because nobody is saying we should let them free with no consequence. they're saying that being sentenced to your entire life without parole in prison for something you did as a very young person (something that doesn't even have to have harmed or killed anyone) isn't a punishment that fits the crime. |
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Dec 10 2009, 09:45 AM
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Jake - The Unholy Trinity / Premiscuous Poeteer. Group: Member Posts: 1,272 Joined: May 2006 Member No: 411,316 |
QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Dec 10 2009, 10:38 AM) when did the teenager insist they were right? no one is saying they shouldn't take responsibility for their action, because nobody is saying we should let them free with no consequence. they're saying that being sentenced to your entire life without parole in prison for something you did as a very young person (something that doesn't even have to have harmed or killed anyone) isn't a punishment that fits the crime. Teenagers always insist they are right. Do you feel kidnapping deserves a life punishment without parole? |
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Dec 10 2009, 09:56 AM
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I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
QUOTE(Kontroll @ Dec 10 2009, 08:45 AM) Teenagers always insist they are right. Do you feel kidnapping deserves a life punishment without parole? no they don't. i know plenty of teenagers and have been a teenager myself. you have never once as a teenager not insisted you're right? no group of people always does anything so that's a pointless thing to bring into the argument. no i don't, because kidnapping is too broad of a term, so without knowing the specific event i wouldn't be able to say what would be just or unjust punishment. if someone takes someone else, carts them off, holds them in their backyard for 15 years while they rape them...then yeah sure. if someone has a dispute with their divorced spouse (gf/bf perhaps since we're talking about teenagers) over whether the child is going to stay with them or not, then goes and takes the child and runs off for a period of time and the man/woman reports a kidnapping...then no. i don't really think that person necessarily deserves an entire life in prison without parole. but regardless of what i believed about kidnapping and it's punishment, that wouldn't change anything because kidnapping isn't the solitary reason a juvenille could be sentenced to live in prison without parole. it depends on the situations. some crimes probably warrant a harsh sentence without parole even for a teenager, but a lot of them i don't think do. |
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BamBamBoogie Juvenile Punishment Nov 30 2009, 08:27 PM
itanium False. Nov 30 2009, 08:44 PM Tomates False. Nov 30 2009, 10:17 PM Maccabee i'm not exactly sure what is happening but I... Nov 30 2009, 10:32 PM brooklyneast05 ^stop being a douchebag and spamming this attempt ... Nov 30 2009, 11:14 PM Maccabee It wasn't spam. it was testing cb's securi... Dec 1 2009, 11:11 AM BamBamBoogie those who picked false please explain Dec 1 2009, 05:17 PM Tomates Well, the reason i said false is because of a situ... Dec 1 2009, 05:47 PM karmakiller Not everyone can be rehabilitated, and in my opini... Dec 1 2009, 06:51 PM kryogenix Life in prison is stupid, grind them up and stuff ... Dec 10 2009, 05:38 AM
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