Should a twelve year old like Nathaniel Brazill who killed his teacher when he made him angry be locked up in prison for the rest of his life? I do not agree with the statement that teenagers that commit a murder should get life without parole in prison. I do not agree with this because it is unfair to everybody not just the victim. Obviously if someone commits a murder the rightful thing to do would be to pay for their mistakes, but in most cases like in Nathaniel Brazil’s the victim did not deserve to be murdered, but the murder had no self control either. Everybody should be more considering about people because you never know what they go through at home, it’s not an excuse for what they have done, but to understand why.
In the article Startling Finds on Teenagers Brains it states that “In terms of cognitive development, as research on the human brain has shown, Brazill and any other young teen is far from childhood” People at the age of twelve do not have the mentality of an adult, no child knows better than what they see or hear. For example, things that they see would be video games. Video games do have an influence on many young children because they
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For example, in the article it states that “Stranger still, brain cells and connections are only being lost in the areas controlling impulses, risk-taking and self-control” Researchers have discovered that teenagers are literally no where near the mentality of an adult and also lack self-control when their angry, so this is why many people believe giving these teenagers a second chance to better themselves should be an option. Teenagers over their teen years also lose some of their cells and brain tissue which is also a side affect of them thinking differently. It’s not making an excuse for their actions, but simply explaining why most teenagers take actions out of fear or