Bills of right: 8th Amendment
No cruel and unusual pusnishment
This political cartoon relates to the article because it shows that the guard is marking from the person's age/maturity level in order to decide what the punishment should be. a child shouldn't be punished the same way as an adult because their maturity level is not the same.
"Cruel and unusual punishment for 14 year olds"
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/21/opinion/cruel-and-unusual-punishment-for-14-year-olds.html?_r=0
This article talks about the supreme court of justice's ban of death penalty for minors convicted of murder. In 2010, it banned life without parole for youths convicted of crimes other than murder. "In an Alabama case, Evan Miller, a 14-year-old, and a friend stole a collection of baseball cards and $300 from a neighbor. They attacked the man with a baseball bat, and killed him when they set fire to his home. In an Arkansas case, Kuntrell Jackson, also 14, tried to rob a video store with two friends. When the clerk said she was going to call the police, one of the other youths shot and killed her with a shotgun. Both Mr. Miller and Mr. Jackson received mandatory sentences of life without parole for murder". Relying on that insight in its 2005 and 2010 cases, the court concluded both times “it would be misguided to equate the failings of a minor with those of an adult.” It would be as misguided to equate young adolescents with adults in cases of murder.Such a sentence for 14-year-olds, whose judgment and understanding have not been fully formed, takes away hope of reform and punishes them as adults, which they are not. The Supreme Court should abolish this sentence for these young offenders and for all minors under 18 because it is cruel and unusual punishment.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/21/opinion/cruel-and-unusual-punishment-for-14-year-olds.html?_r=0
This article talks about the supreme court of justice's ban of death penalty for minors convicted of murder. In 2010, it banned life without parole for youths convicted of crimes other than murder. "In an Alabama case, Evan Miller, a 14-year-old, and a friend stole a collection of baseball cards and $300 from a neighbor. They attacked the man with a baseball bat, and killed him when they set fire to his home. In an Arkansas case, Kuntrell Jackson, also 14, tried to rob a video store with two friends. When the clerk said she was going to call the police, one of the other youths shot and killed her with a shotgun. Both Mr. Miller and Mr. Jackson received mandatory sentences of life without parole for murder". Relying on that insight in its 2005 and 2010 cases, the court concluded both times “it would be misguided to equate the failings of a minor with those of an adult.” It would be as misguided to equate young adolescents with adults in cases of murder.Such a sentence for 14-year-olds, whose judgment and understanding have not been fully formed, takes away hope of reform and punishes them as adults, which they are not. The Supreme Court should abolish this sentence for these young offenders and for all minors under 18 because it is cruel and unusual punishment.