The question is, should teens who murder be tried as adults? I would have to say yes. If one can understand what murder is, he or she should also understand that it’s wrong. Everyday a grown person or a teenager is being arrested for murder. If one is big enough to do the crime, than he or she can do the time. It’s not about being old enough to understand because at the age of 14 or 15 years old one has learned the difference in right and wrong; therefore, one knows the action is wrong and should take the consequences for the wrong they committed just like any other person should.
It wouldn’t be fair if say a 30 year old man gets arrested for rape and takes it on upon himself to stab his victim to death and gets life in prison, but then a 15 year old kid who knows what he is doing as well gets arrested for the same crime and gets away with it. It wouldn’t be fair because, not only did that 15 year old get away with murder because of his age, but that family has to sit there in grief and pain knowing that this 15 year old just got away with murder; this kid could also thinking its ok to do it again because I’m just a kid, but that 15 year old kid is about to go attack another person.
Also look at it as if it was one’s own child that was the victim of this teen murderer. Would you feel sorry or guilty for the killer? I know I wouldn’t and I would want to see justice no matter the circumstances. Is it fair to try them as harshly as an adult? In some ways no, but in other ways, yes! They did just take another life. A life that cannot be brought back, so why give them the freedom to live his or her life?
The Essay on Is All Murder Morally Wrong
Murder is a touchy subject that can be very controversial depending on who the victim or victims are, and also who the predator is. Things like the relationship between a victim and predator, and the essential “reasons” behind the murder play a big part on whether or not all murder is ethical or unethical. The basic view of murder by most of the population, in any sense, is that it is morally ...
But I also see it as for a minor give them a fair enough amount of time of 10 to 20 years to make them realize that what they have done was wrong and have them learn a lesson so they will know that they wouldn’t want to go back in there again. One could also try and find a program to enroll them in to give them counseling to try and understand why they have done it in the first place. There are several things you could possibly do to help one with problems. But if you have to teach them tough love, the answer is prison no matter how hard it may seem to you.
When it comes to an adult it’s different because they should also know right from wrong as well, but in their case the way of thinking is different. They should be the one given life in prison for taking somebody else’s life. The difference between an adult and a teen’s mind is very different. Everyone thinks differently. The adult will sit and plan it out for years before they will even commit the crime, but the teen will just go after their victim without thinking.
Anything could trigger their minds to go out and kill someone. Peer pressure is the main reason in some of these types of cases. Another person could down them in ways such as, “man you don’t have the guts to kill them”, or “if you want to hang with us you have to go out and rape this girl”. Then they are kind of stuck in this position of well if I don’t do it I will look like a punk. These kinds of things always can run through their minds to give them this adrenaline rush to go out there and do it.
Then once they get in court and explain everything and tell the judge that the only reason why they done it was to look cool and big and bad, then the judge can turn around and say, “well do you feel big and bad now or cool now that you have taken some innocent persons life and now that you are about to go to prison for it? ” At that point they will run it through their head that he is about to be convicted while the others that got him to do it is standing outside laughing knowing that they just got away with everything.
I bet he is regretting it all now. He now has nothing to look forward to but a row of bars for 15 years. There goes a good bit of his life gone down the drain for one mistake that he decided to make. I imagine years from now he will be looking back wondering to himself why he ever done it in the first place. Wondering how could he even sleep at night knowing that the victim’s family is out there somewhere grieving over the pain that he caused to them, just from trying to be cool.
The Essay on Quality life of parents/adults of children with intellectual disability
Intellectual disability is not a single, isolated disorder. The American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disability (AAIDD) provide a tri-dimensional definition of intellectual disability which is currently the most widely accepted. Intellectual disability, which originates before the age of 18, is a disability characterized by significant limitations both in intellectual functioning ...
Life isn’t fair at all. But neither is taken somebody else’s life. No matter what they have done, and no matter how badly it hurt. Nobody deserves to be murdered. One should always think before making a decision that could not only ruin his or her life, but also somebody else’s life. Also one should look at how that person’s family is going to feel after everything and even how his or her family is going to feel.
