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Jackson's Argumentative Essay On Punishment

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What if every time you got in trouble with the law you went to jail for life it would not be fair well it is not fair to these kids too. Some punishments are to harsh. Some people are deemed just as responsible as the person who committed the real crime. Paragraph one and two tells you why they should be a little bit softer on the punishment. Paragraph three tells you the counterclaim.
Evidence Source one(Paragraph [5])Fourteen-year-old Kuntrell Jackson and two other kids held up a video rental store. One of the other boys pointed a sawed-off shotgun at the cashier, and when she threatened to call the police, shot and killed her. Under Arkansas' felony-murder Law, Jackson was deemed just as responsible as the triggerman. He was tried as an adult for aggravated murder and, under state law, received a mandatory sentence of life without parole.(Paragraph [9])Miller and a 16 year old friend went to a neighbor who was dealing drugs. The neighbor gave the boys liquor and marijuana(Miller consumed a fifth of whiskey)Eventually, a fight broke out and the boys severely beat Cannon, set fires in the trailer and fled, ignoring Cannon's pleas for help. Cannon died of smoke inhalation. The 16-year-old friend made a deal with prosecutors …show more content…

It will also stop them from committing another crime similar to the one they already did. Judges send people away because they have concern about them.“It definitely... gave me a lot of time to think,” he says. “And I started saying, ‘OK, I’ve been proclaiming to be a father, proclaiming to be a man. But the whole time, everything I ever done was for myself.“It definitely... gave me a lot of time to think,” he says. “And I started saying, ‘OK, I’ve been proclaiming to be a father, proclaiming to be a man. But the whole time, everything I ever done was for myself. This quote shows that prison/jail gives you a lot of time to think about your

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