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Juveniles Life In Jail
Should we give juveniles life in prison with no parole? The answer is simple, no. if a juvenile commits a crime and is put in jail for life than they obviously did something worthy of getting put in jail for the rest of your life. And who’s to say there not fakeing good behavior, even psychopaths can hide their insanity.
If a juvenile is going to commit a crime and get sentenced to life than they had to have done something so bad that they deserved it. We don’t put people in jail for fun, we do it because they pose a threat to society.
If we are to release them into society than we need to put active measures in place to prevent them from doing illegal actions again, and make them well rounded individuals that will be a benefit to society.

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