Millions of teenagers and young adults grow up having a difficult upbringing because of multiple factors in society. This could lead to the constant rise in crime of teenagers of the age thirteen to seventeen, but as a society we can not fix other peoples problems. Studies have shown that once teenagers, between the ages of thirteen and sixteen, are caught committing a crime, they are more likely to commit another crime of the same extent. Some say that your younger years are almost like a trial, a beginning to life where you learn whats right from wrong. The same people say that a teenagers and young adults that commit a crime should not be charged with life in prison without the possibility of parole. In an equal and fair world, both teenagers and adults should be tried the same way because murder is murder, and the consequences should not change for whoever is committing it. As a society we believe that teenagers and young adults should be given mercy because they are simply “not an adult.” Teenagers and young adults over the age of fifteen that commit murder should be charged with mandatory life in prison, …show more content…
The supreme court ruling argues that a seventeen year old boy that commits murder or worse, still has the chance of being exonerated. What is the difference between a seventeen year old and an eighteen year old? At the age of fifteen, you fully understand what is right from wrong and the consequences of crime. Giving a seventeen year old mercy simply because he is not old enough is an insane way to view things. Theoretically, a sixteen year old can commit intentional murder and be released by the age of twenty-one. Supreme court believes that by this time he would be mentally stable and will be able to become a member of society, this way of thinking is