Benefits Of The Juvenile Justice System

Lyra once proclaimed, "It's easy for you to give up on life and walk away...but it's even harder for those you leave behind." In other words, one can simply declare life as simply too difficult to face and may resort to suicide tactics but one should invariably consider, “How will those who genuinely care about oneself feel?” Once a family has been established and friends have been made, one’s life is not simply his or her own anymore. Many will feel anxious and fall into severe depression if a dead body suddenly turns up the day after a seemingly regular conversation was shared just moments ago. Clearly, juveniles should be held to the same standards as adults in the event that they commit heinous crimes because they have the capacity to execute …show more content…
For instance, in an article titled “On Punishment and Teen Killers” written by Jennifer Jenkins, the author firmly contends, “If brain development were the reason, then teens would kill at roughly the same rates all over the world” (Jenkins 1). And because the rates for teens are substantially greater, this serves to disprove the “underdeveloped brain” argument. If brain development played an active role, then the rates for teens being tried as adults would be lower and close to the global average; however, it is not because juveniles possess the capacity to meticulously plan out each intricate detail and actuate accordingly to their interests. This evinces precisely why “advocates often repeat, but truly misunderstand brain research on this issue” (Jenkins 1). The science and therefore the hard evidence and findings in actuality serve to propagate the abolishment of the juvenile justice …show more content…
To bring this into perspective, when criminals such as Lionel Tate - who was twelve “when he savagely beat to death a six-year-old girl,” there does not exist an adequate amount of words to depict and illustrate how the loss impacts the victim’s family (Lundstrom 1). When a person is inflicted a physical injury or a wound, it can be healed. If one experiences Pott’s fracture, bone can be remodeled and repaired given adequate time. If one contracts the White Plague, then drug medications are available (albeit with a price) to treat this disease state. Once a human being passes away and leaves the world however, he or she cannot be brought back to life regardless of the circumstances. And even if one is capable of successfully doing so, the body and/or the soul itself may not be wholly intact. In other words, he or she cannot return back to the pre-existing conditions prior to death. It’s over. Science and technology are incapable of assisting any further than that. Moreover, the campaign to end juvenile life without parole has spent millions of dollars for their cause, but not “a dime has been allocated for victim outreach or support,” those who are truly suffering (Jenkins 2). There does not exist any regard to the profound impact on the victims’ families. It only makes sense then, to endow teens with