Describe Teen Murderers
Describe teen murderers. Misunderstood, ignorant, hopeless? Juveniles who committed heinous crimes have faced life in prison without parole, even though some of them were as young as fourteen when they served this sentence. The issue of teens being able to spend life in adult prison had always been a perplexing reality that deeply affects a country’s society. Should teens even be allowed to face life in prison? Taking it a step further, should juvenile murderers automatically receive the same sentence as if they were an adult? There is an unfair aspect about automatically putting teens to life in prison, even though, yes they’ve committed a serious offense. Still, this means that even though a child was sexually and physically abused, lived
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There are teens who have killed since they have been sexually and physically abused by their parents, and there are some who did it for “fun or “curiosity.” Some teens kill seeing as they felt they had no choice, and some kill for the worst and illogical reasons. It is crucial to judge each teen criminals differently, and it is why mandatory life in prison for juvenile murderers should neither be allowed nor retained. To put it simply, not all teens deserve life in prison. Take the example of Nathan Ybanez (Bikel, “When Kids Get Life”). Nathan’s history includes his own mother sexually abusing him, as well as a physically abusive father. He lived in a rough “pressure-cooker” environment in which he saw no way of getting out. In turn, he developed mental issues and was mentally disturbed, seeing as he had no emotional outlet. Yet all of these crucial factors were still ignored as he went straight to adult prison and was forced to live in prison until he dies. Nathan Ybanez killed his own mother, not for the reason that he wanted to, but he felt he had no choice if he was to get out of the vicious cycle he was in. No one can say that this crime was imminent, but basing it on what Nathan experienced, it was likely to happen. Still, did Nathan deserve to be punished? Of course. Did Nathan deserve to live the rest of his life in prison? Of course not. A person can only imagine what Nathan had faced that ended up with him resorting to killing his own mother. In this case, Nathan was shoved to his last
There are teens who have killed since they have been sexually and physically abused by their parents, and there are some who did it for “fun or “curiosity.” Some teens kill seeing as they felt they had no choice, and some kill for the worst and illogical reasons. It is crucial to judge each teen criminals differently, and it is why mandatory life in prison for juvenile murderers should neither be allowed nor retained. To put it simply, not all teens deserve life in prison. Take the example of Nathan Ybanez (Bikel, “When Kids Get Life”). Nathan’s history includes his own mother sexually abusing him, as well as a physically abusive father. He lived in a rough “pressure-cooker” environment in which he saw no way of getting out. In turn, he developed mental issues and was mentally disturbed, seeing as he had no emotional outlet. Yet all of these crucial factors were still ignored as he went straight to adult prison and was forced to live in prison until he dies. Nathan Ybanez killed his own mother, not for the reason that he wanted to, but he felt he had no choice if he was to get out of the vicious cycle he was in. No one can say that this crime was imminent, but basing it on what Nathan experienced, it was likely to happen. Still, did Nathan deserve to be punished? Of course. Did Nathan deserve to live the rest of his life in prison? Of course not. A person can only imagine what Nathan had faced that ended up with him resorting to killing his own mother. In this case, Nathan was shoved to his last