Mistaken identity This is unfair to sentence a kid of 3 years old he is still a baby, don’t they have a heart how would they feel if there child was taken away, with his father also being arrested, the dad is the one that takes care of the family and they take him away. Before they take an innocent person to jail they need to make sure they have the right person and not destroy someone’s family by mistake. It is very wrong how they take the innocent people away to jail a little baby who does that. And the people that really committed the crime get to be free and not suffer anything, they violated that persons liberty by putting them in jail for a crime they did not do. Before they think they’ve got the right person they need to make
The Court ruled for the juvenile, stating that his rights to due process were indeed violated according to the Fourteenth Amendment. “The proceedings of the Juvenile Court failed to comply with the Constitution. The Court held that the proceedings for juveniles had to comply with the requirements of the Fourteenth Amendment” (Oyez, n.d.). The Court analyzed the juvenile court's method of handling cases, verifying that, while there are good reasons behind handling juveniles in a different way from adults, adolescents seeking to settling delinquency and detainment cases are qualified for certain procedural safeguards under the Due Process Act of the Fourteenth
They found Casey Anthony, who was charged with first degree murder of her 3-year-old, not guilty. While she was not guilty of murder, she was convicted on counts four through seven for false information given to the police. The judge sentenced her to one year in county jail for each one of the four counts, but she was released 10 days after she received 1043 days credit. If I was part of the jury I would have said she was guilty of murdering her daughter. Even if she did not kill her, she is still part of the reason why she died. Casey neglected her child either way and did not report the crime to the police until someone else did. I am shocked that the visual evidence did not convince the jury that she was guilty. From the strand of hair in the trunk that matched the past child’s hair, to the extensive research on chloroform found on all web browsers, it was very evident that she did or was at least part of murdering her
The US incarcerates 5 times more children than any other nation. During his years as a Juvenile Court Judge, Ciavarella, alone, put more than 3,000 children in prison. The children he convicted were charged for minor crimes. For example, Ciavarella sentenced children to extended stays in juvenile detention for offenses as insignificant as trespassing in a vacant building, shoplifting DVDs from Wal-Mart, etc. (Robert May, Kids for Cash, 2014) The parents of the children involved were advised not to get lawyers
In the movie Breaking Away, the conviction of false identities through Dave Stohler’s life validates the perception that not everything appears to be what it is. Dave’s life is a strange and unusual life compared to most, while most kids his age go to college, Dave spends most of his time biking and fantasizing about his dream Italian family, which is the result of him being considered an outcast by most of his peers. Dave and his father, Ray, do not see eye to eye on anything, while Dave dreams of a perfect loving family, Ray just wants his son to act normal and live in reality. Yet, this Italian dream family is an escape for Dave from his real cutter family which demonstrates
When it comes to minors, we try to keep a balance between our logistic and moral views on the issue of their imprisonment. Usually, we end up thinking morally, but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Children raised in harsh conditions or without adequate parenting could stay bad forever, or grow up to become a great person. A huge slip up shouldn’t take their life. We could think that the children could stay bad forever and become an even bigger problem later in life, but prison time works well to deter against that. The supreme court was right. It’s completely wrong to sentence a minor to
This quote by Edward Humes sums it up the best, “The fundamental question Juvenile Court was designed to ask - What's the best way to deal with this individual kid? - is often lost in the process, replaced by a point system that opens the door, or locks it, depending on the qualities of the crime, not the child.” (No Matter How Loud I shout, 1996, p. 325). The courts need to focus on what is best for the child and finding punishment that fits the child not the crime.
Juvenile court is a special court that deals with under age defendants that are charged with crimes, who are neglected, or out of their parent’s control. The average age of the Defendants are younger than 18, but juvenile court doesn’t have jurisdiction in cases in which a minor is charged as an adult. The procedure of juvenile court is to involve parents or social workers and probation officers in order to achieve positive results and prevent minors from future crimes. However, serious crimes and repeated offenses can result in the juvenile offender being sentenced to a prison, with a transfer to a state prison when they reach adulthood. According to the film “Prison States”, Christel Tribble’s was a 15-year-old from Kentucky who was diagnosed
First it all begins with an arrest of a juvenile. Just because a juvenile gets arrested does not
Thirteen-year-old boy, Cristian Fernandez of Jacksonville, Florida was born on January 14 of 1999 to a mother who was as old as he is today. On March 15 2011, he was arrested relating to the alleged beating of his 2-year-old brother, David. At the time of his arrest, David was under care of St. Luke’s Hospital, receiving treatment for injuries he sustained the day before. It states that Cristian shoved his 2-year-old brother against a bookshelf, causing the young child to have severe head damage. Cristian’s mom, who was only 24 at the time, arrived at the apartment to reveal what happened just moments before. However, it states that his mom did not even call the police or take her son to the hospital until 6 hours after the accident happened. Both Cristian and his mom were charged with murder and Cristian went to court facing life in an adult prison. However, the court found out that Cristian had once been physically, emotionally, and sexually abused by his once stepfather. That been said, Cristian more than likely needed some sort of counseling. However, they still believed that this 12 year-old boy should be tried as an adult. Cristian has been detained for over a year and has not yet had a trial. He faces two trials on three separate indictments brought by State Attorney (“Reverse”). There is no logical reason to deny a child their right to the programs and treatment provided through the juvenile court system.
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There are millions of adults in federal prison, but The United States is the only country in the world that condemns children to die in prison (Pequeneza, 2014). It’s sad to think about children being sentenced to life in prison, and frankly it is a disturbing and a scary fact to face. However, in recent years the U.S Supreme Court has made it illegal to charge juveniles with life sentencing for anything less than murder (Pequeneza, 2014). This new law gives children a second chance at life when they are finally released from prison. Many children are forced to be in a household that is not suitable for a developing child. Children are mistreated, neglected, abused, and other factors. These unfit situations that children are in make them more likely to become violent, and maybe end up in juvenile
While some children truly belong in prison, others deserve a second chance. In the end, we must all keep in mind that they are young children who are prone to making mistakes they didn’t mean. What I do agree with is that we must start to acknowledge the victim or the victim’s family in these cases, who seem to be lost within this debate. I also agree that we must fix the juvenile justice system so we don’t have to resort to adult prisons as our last resort, and so we have more criminals leaving their crimes in the past to create a better life. Despite this, I still believe that juvenile criminals don’t deserve life mandatory life
The reason why the system is like this is because they want to prevent who commit crimes whether the age difference from youth to an adult matter. Just like they stated on the video a crime is a crime no matter what way you put once a crime is committed it’s done. I believe that this situation exist because there’s so many young people who commit crimes. This is also an issue today because like they say in the video age is just a number and a crime should just be charged as a crime and like Ed Jagels Points out there putting these kid away because they will just prevent them from committing another crime and or simply just protecting the community by putting them away. I work with people with disability and I feel like this gives me a good example to share one of my clients that I work with he grew up and was manipulated by mid mother because his mother told him that it was okay to steal just likes Alonza got manipulated by someone. my client grow up and constantly Speaking to steal and this is why there should be some type of a valuation to see if the youth should even be put into prison or being charged as an adult. I think that other people that suffer from trop 21 should have the family’s match and petition the court system. I think what we need to do is have a better law system that Separates adults from teens because clearly it’s not safe and I
group? She responded, Latinos are not united, we don’t help each other. We envy what we have (jobs, homes, cars, clothing) I see the Filipinos and Chinese, they are more united and help each other out. I see it at work, our own people try to put us down making us inferior because they hold a better job position. Latinos are gossipers, they label people without knowing the person first. “Do you think that we are different (race) and do you think that a DNA test can prove that there are different types of races? Reyna stated that every head is a different world, everyone is different in the way they think. She adds that a DNA test cannot determine if we are different. I do think that
Have you ever received a credit card bill at the end of the month with a ridiculous amount of money needed to be paid that you never spent? This is because of identity theft. The FTC estimates that each year, over 9 million people are affected by identity theft. According to Sally Driscoll, this is because almost anyone with a computer and a slight bit of computer knowledge can pull off identity theft. Experts also claim that identity theft is the fastest-growing crime in the world. Identity theft is a global problem that cannot be stopped without effective measures. The problem is, effective measures are very hard to come by when dealing with identity theft because almost any security protocol can be by-passed.