What does the age of a criminal have to do with the heinous crime they have committed? While it is understandable to treat a child who has not yet fully grasped the sense of what is ethically right or wrong with a less severe punishment than someone who is matured to a point of being aware of their actions. Teens and even those who are mature enough to see that the crimes they are doing are wrong, but regardless still go through with such an act should not be shown mercy for a crimes that are as serious as intentionally hurting someone or even in the most serious cases murder. The age of a criminal should not be the main or only factor when deciding to let someone who is under the age of 18 off easy on their actions. It should almost always …show more content…
The reason behind these teens killing are never justified let alone should be treated as if they were lesser than that. Not only is there cases in which a teen has killed just one individual there has been incidents where they have caused multiple injuries and casualties. Surely actions as horrifying as these could not be excused due to one 's age their would be no justice for those who were affected by these actions especially those whose lives were taken. In an article written by Jennifer Jenkins “On punishment and Teen Killers” she writes on the death of her younger sister her unborn child and husband at the hands of a teen killer. The criminal called it a “thrill kill” he just wanted to feel the sensation of taking someone 's life. Actions like these should never be shown mercy regardless of age it is a horrifying image to imagine someone being brutally murdered for the sake of someone else 's pleasure as someone who is practically the same age as the offender this is incredibly difficult to stomach even more so to comprehend why anyone would think this action deserves a punishment