http://www.npr.org/2016/01/25/464338364/supreme-court-opens-door-to-parole-for-juvenile-lifers#
This week President Obama along with the U.S. Supreme Court has offered "freedom" to many juveniles serving mandatory life sentences for crimes committed as juveniles. This an interesting and controversial topic. With this decision upheld and retroactive from 2012, it essentially means that 2,000 men and women could potentially be available for parole. Throughout the argument of whether it is right or wrong for this happen, it is apparent by the vote of 6-3 the justices felt it was "irreparably corrupt" and "permanently incorrigible."
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ReplyDeleteThis is a large amount of people who would suddenly be on parole. I feel like taking different sides when I look through different lenses. On the hand the people who committed those crimes as juveniles, may deserve some years of life outside of prison walls. This would also cut some of the spending on caring for people in prisons. On the other hand, I would like to assume that some people incarcerated are changed, but, there is evidence of additional offenses in prison and irreparable corruption of certain men and women once exposed to adult imprisonment.
ReplyDeleteThis is a large amount of people who would suddenly be on parole. I feel like taking different sides when I look through different lenses. On the hand the people who committed those crimes as juveniles, may deserve some years of life outside of prison walls. This would also cut some of the spending on caring for people in prisons. On the other hand, I would like to assume that some people incarcerated are changed, but, there is evidence of additional offenses in prison and irreparable corruption of certain men and women once exposed to adult imprisonment.
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