Essay On Evan Millers

Evan Miller, who killed Cole Cannon with the help of another boy, should be tried as a juvenile. Until the age of 21 Evan Miller should focus on counseling and rehabilitation at a juvenile facility. He would then later be moved to an adult facility with a 5-10 years sentence and have a chance of parole. Evan Miller is only a 14-year-old teen and this one action should not dictate the rest of his life. He should be given the chance to write his wrong and understand his actions through rehabilitation. Of course, Miller should still be punished for his horrendous crime of taking the life of Cole Cannon but not to the extent of an adult. As a 14-year-old Evan Miller is seen as a kid in many aspects of life and the law. Under the law, Miller is

This time of rehabilitation could also give him the help to make sense of his troubled childhood since he was never given an opportunity before his crime. There are many ways in which an offender not receiving rehabilitation could negatively affect them. In his viewpoint essay, Adult Sentencing Does Not Deter Juveniles from Crime, Enrico Paganelli uses a study on increased recidivism among juvenile offenders as an example of why rehabilitation is important for the future. This study was conducted by Jeffrey Fagan of Columbia and Paganelli states that Fagan “compared the recidivism rate of such youths charged in criminal court under New York's automatic transfer statute to those charged in New Jersey's juvenile court and found a significant increase in the recidivism of juveniles who had been transferred to the adult system”. This increase in recidivism would not greatly affect Miller if he was given a juvenile sentence. It is preferable that when Evan Miller is to be released he does not return to committing crimes because of the lack of rehabilitation in adult sentencing. Considering his age, the rehabilitating process could help guide the growth of Miller’s mind in the right

These laws create a line between child and adult because of how different the two are mentally and physically. So why cross that line when it comes to sentencing Evan Miller for his crime? It is hypocritical that Miller is viewed as an adult when the circumstances deem it necessary or because the people want him to be sentenced as an adult. A child should be viewed as a kid and an adult should be viewed as an adult. In the article, Kids are Kids-Until They Commit Crimes by Marjie Lundstrom, Lundstorm states, “It is a vexing question these days for the under-eighteen crowd, the group we routinely write off as ‘only kids.’ It’s why they can’t smoke, or drink, or go to R movies without our permission. It’s why they don’t vote. It’s why they have curfews. It’s why we fret over their Internet access and fuss about driving privileges.” These examples of restrictions on children show that Evan Miller, a 14-year-old, is very different from an adult. If Miller were to be given an adult sentencing then he should be allowed to smoke or drink at the age of 14 as well. However, it’s unreasonable to allow a person at such a young age to do all those things so it is not reasonable to have him also tried as an