On Punishment and Teen killers In the fiction article “ On Punishment and Teen Killers” Jennifer Jenkins argues and reviews the position that the author has according debate about teens and crimes. She believes that a lot of teenager committed have serious crime. She’s also, argues that development brain are not reason for crime. She is also against advocates that are against the JLWOP.which means Juvenile Life Without Parole, At the beginning of the article she was youngest sister and her husband murdered in Chicago, offender who testified at his trial “ thrill kill” that he just want to “ see what it would feel like to shoot someone”.
In Paul Thompson’s article “Startling Finds on Teenage Brains” the author talks about how that teenagers who committed crimes should not be treated as adults in the legal system. Thompson also talked about how statistically teenage brains are still developing throughout their teenage years. The author Paul Thompson is more credible because not only he provided heavy words and having an expansive vocabulary he also provided examples from facts and his own research as well. Specifically, in the article and on paragraph 6 the author uses examples from his research and resides it with the current topic and to his own opinions, in the paragraph he mixed both ethos and logos to try in luring readers. The technique that Thompson uses is very unique,
The article “On Punishment and Teen Killers” written by Jennifer Jenkins is an article with very weak ethos. The author argues that teens who commit heinous crimes should receive life without the possibility of parole and that the victims rights should be considered. The author is a victim of a crime committed by a teen, her pregnant sister was brutally murdered by a teen gunman who wanted to “see what it felt like to shoot someone” (2). By bringing her sister into the paper the author lowers her credibility because she is emotionally connected to the case and has an obvious biased opinion. This leads to the readers to question her reliability on an unbiased opinion in the article.
In the article “On Punishment and Teen Killers” by Jennifer Jenkins, the author shares her thoughts on teen killers and their lives after committing crimes. Throughout the article she also goes through the analysis of the punishment. To summarize, Jenkins starts off by sharing a quote that also shares her opinion on how people act on their own whether they’re influenced or not. As the article goes on she includes her personal experience on how a teen killer murdered her family where she also reveals that she is biased. With research that she might’ve done she implied and backed up the idea that crimes aren’t on impulse sometimes.
In the article “ On punishment and teen killers” by Jennifer Jenkins argues that 1,300 cases nationally of a teen killer sentenced as an adult to life, sometimes called JLWOP. Jenkins supports her argument by first explain the cases for example, when a teenager murdered her and her husband in 1990 in Chicago. When i read this paragraph i was sad because why would you want to kill your own husband like what is the reason why she did that. I think it was because the husband did something bad like cheating on his wife or because she went crazy like her mind was telling her to kill him. This is another example a high school teacher said that it's hard to think that a young teen could do a bad crime and without parole.
The articles, “Their Best Way to Show Loyalty,” and “A Stolen Youth,” are about people getting evacuated by the Japanese army. Both articles have different points of views. For example, “The Best Way to Show Loyalty,” is an editorial published in 1943, so the main focus of this article is about how the Japanese were evacuated from their homes to temporary houses. Their internment was given by the government, they helped protect their properties, but their food and shelter will be given to them by the Federal Government. In my opinion, the internment in this article didn’t seem that bad due to having food and shelter with good conditions, others had it worse like in “A Stolen Youth,” with not having sanitary conditions.
This article about crime and justice is called Milwaukee officer knew Sylville Smith, family says. It was written by Ray Sanchez and published on August 19, 2016 on cnn.com. Milwaukee, Wisconsin is one of the most racially discriminated city between the Caucasian and African American residence. It is known as one of the worst places for African American to live in the United States. Causcausin are scared to go in the “hood”( where most African Americans live) and the opposite for African Americans.
Everyone has heard of the juvenile justice system; however, how many people have dealt with it firsthand? Not many people actually know what goes on behind the closed doors of these “rehabilitation centers” and the injustice that occurs within. Instead of rehabilitating children, the juvenile justice system treats them as adults, leaving them helpless and on a straight path to failure. The multi genre piece (MGP) called “Juvenile Justice System,” written by Brooke Hermiller, brings to light the unfairness caused by the juvenile justice system. Hermiller’s argument regarding the corruptness of the juvenile justice system is strengthened by her use of multiple genres, including letters, narrative stories, articles, and even a recipe.
Society is too harsh on kids who commit crimes at a young age. These kids should not let one event from their childhood define their
Thompson, in the article “Startling Finds on Teenage Brains” (2001) claims that teenagers should not be tried as adults after committing a crime because their brains are not fully developed. In this article Thompson supports all of his ethos claims by using logos and real facts that have been cited, this gives him the title to an author who uses the strongest ethos. In Thompson’s article he talks about a child named Nathaniel Brazil, who was only fourteen when he shot his own teacher at a middle-school because the teacher wouldn’t allow him to get out of class early to say goodbye to a girl. Brazil was later tried in court and found guilty of second degree murder. When Thompson writes about Brazil and his charges he claims that, “in recent
The book “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” by Holly Jackson is a thrilling story that connects to the topic of cold cases and unsolved murders. The book follows the character Pippa Fitz-Amobi, who decides to investigate a five-year-old murder case for her senior project. She believes the original suspect was falsely accused, and she starts to uncover new evidence that could potentially solve the case. I chose this book for several reasons. Firstly, I enjoy reading mystery novels, and this book has many questions that Pippa has to solve.
Sentencing Juveniles To Life Without Parole: Is It Right? Is sentencing Juveniles to life without parole the right thing to do? I believe that in some situations, sentencing juveniles to life without parole might be the right thing. I have found several credible sources that show why life without parole for juveniles is sometimes the right thing to do. But sometimes what happened in their past is the reason they did the things they did.
The article “Juveniles Don’t Deserve Life Sentences” argues that children in prison need to be given a chance to mature and be rehabilitated (Garinger 9). Because these killers likely committed these crimes on impulse, they would often realize after the fact that they were wrong to do such an action. Therefore, when they are released, they will be more careful and think about their actions before committing. If they are given a life sentence, they will never be given this chance to fix their life. Older people who commit murders are less likely to learn from their mistakes since they put more thought into the killing than adolescents
Lowering the Drinking Age to 18 In America, a common argument among people is whether or not the drinking age should be lowered from 21, the current drinking age, to 18. When a person turns 18, they are considered an adult. Many opportunities open up to them which is a reason why a person should be able to drink at the age of 18. Lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18 would lower the amount of underage drinking that takes place, it would lower the urge of someone wanting to have their first drink at 21, and being an adult should make allow a person to be able to consume alcohol.
Annotated bibliography Childress, S. (2016, June 2). More States Consider Raising the Age for Juvenile Crime. Retrieved from PBS: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/more-states-consider-raising-the-age-for-juvenile-crime/ More states are considering to raising the age for juvenile crimes before being tried as adult because young offender's mental capacity. The idea is to cut the cost of incarcerate young offender in adult prison and ensure offenders to receive proper education and specialized care to change their behavior. Putting children in adult prison does not deter crime.
