Summary Of The Article I Sentenced A Teen To Die In Prison

Oppression exists when there is an imbalance of power in a relationship. In the article “I Sentenced a Teen to Die in Prison” the judge sentenced a teen who was being charged with armed robbery to 242 years in prison. Now that he has changed in a positive way, she wants to change her ruling. Judge Evelyn Baker expressed regret for charging Bostic so heavily when she said, “Imposing a life sentence without parole on a child who has not committed murder — whether imposed in a single sentence or multiple sentences, for one crime or many — is wrong” (Baker 2). Oppression exists when there is an imbalance of power in a relationship because the judge has more power than Bostic. In the story, Maus, a guard at the camp, would kill Jews for fun because

There was an imbalance of power because Shooter was a guard, so he was able to do whatever he wanted in the camp without having to worry about punishment. Both of these quotes relate to the claim because there is someone who is in a position of power in the situation who took advantage of it. Oppression occurs when the government works against its own people. In the article I Sentenced a Teen to Die in Prison, after sentencing a teenager to over 200 years in prison she began to regret her decision and thought her sentencing was too harsh but it was too late. Years after sentencing him to 242 years in prison she said “I see now that this kind of sentence is as benighted as it is unjust.” (Baker 2) Bostic was wronged by the government and they worked against him since the judge made an irrational decision without thinking about how he could change in the future. The Gestapo searched a woman and took all of her goods for no reason. The lady who sold goods to Vladek and Anja came back home and said “The Gestapo just searched me. they took my goods'' (Speiglman 182). The Gestapo searched her for no apparent reason and took all of the goods that she was selling in the