Some people believe that minors shouldn’t get life in prison because they are “just kids”, others believe that minors should get life in prison if needed to. I highly believe and agree with those who believe minors should get life in prison,because if they had the courage to commit a big serious crime then they should also have the courage to accept the consequences given to them. If you really think about it,if one doesn’t give them a serious consequences due to their action they’re going to think that it’s okay,that the court system will take it easy on them because just because they are “just children”, which it shouldn’t be like that. Criminals are criminals whether they are children or adults. Age is just a number but their crime is …show more content…
I highly agree with Marjie, minors should be charged as adults if needed to, if the crime was pretty drastic then they should be punished as adults. Marjie Lundstrom states, ”These days for 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 OK.It’s why we fret over their internet access and fuss about driving privileges”, this statement was so accurate, she makes a point on how us teens have restrictions on certain things,so if we break one of these things it doesn't make a difference either way we should get a serious …show more content…
Jennifer states,” For the record,the nation is NOT sentencing children to die in prison”, which is very accurate as well. The nation is just punishing them due to their actions that they did they didn't take them in for them to die. It's just for them to learn from their mistakes & think about what they've done to be in that situation. Her personal story of her sister was really emotional to me just the fact that she begged for her unborn baby's life,and yet the minor still didn't