Explain Why Juvenile Killers Should Not Be Sentenced To Life Without Parole

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In my opinion, juvenile killers should not be sentenced to life without parole. The reason, I say this is because at that age these juvenile kids can tell what is right or wrong. So, giving them such a harsh punishment is not right. The two individuals in the video should be punished for their crime, but the government needs to realize the reasoning behind it too. If one looks at a different perspective, they will realize that the actions taken by these two individuals were for self-defense. A mother and father is a person in child life that guides them through their life, tells the difference between right or wrong, and give them an education. But when a child does not get that they feel very alone and depressed. The thing that will make a child take the …show more content…

For example, in the video, the first individual step-father sexually harassed the kids and the mother knew about, but was in denial about it and didn't protect her two sons. At that point, the mom is wrong because as a mother her priority is protecting her kids from all the danger, but she did not do that. The torture that these two kids went through both mentally and physically because of their step-father lead them to make a decision of killing them. If these two individuals did not through the physical and emotional torture, then they would not have taken the step to kill their parents. I think that the government should understand because the only way these kids see escape for this mental, physical, and emotional pain is by getting rid of the problem forever. I do understand that killing someone is not the answer to the problem, but at that point, these individuals did not what is right or wrong. So being that said giving them life punishment with parole would be wrong because the problem was not in the individual, but the up bring and the environment these kids grew up