Depends on the crime and the context. Sometimes a person’s status as a teenager has no real relevance to the crime, which is why we sometimes try minors as adults. In most of these cases, it’s quite clear the kid knew what they were doing was wrong and what the consequences would be for others.
Also, I don’t think there’s much of a difference between a 17-year-old being sentenced to live in prison vs. a 21-year-old.
I also firmly believe that some crimes are so heinous that the criminal does not deserve a second chance. The only reason I don’t support capital punishment is because human legal systems so often get their judgments wrong, and execution is a punishment you can’t take back. But that doesn’t change my opinion that some people do deserve to die for what they did. Ergo, life without parole seems a good alternative.
eh, you can't take back 50 years of wrongful imprisonment either.
You can't take it back, but you can at least offer them generous compensation for the government fucking up their life and also clean the slate and expunge the record.
You can't do anything to compensate someone for a wrongfully carried out execution. I'd actually support the death sentence if we had a way to be absolutely certain we weren't ever going to carry it out on someone wrongfully convicted, but that's impossible.
Depends on the crime and the context. Sometimes a person’s status as a teenager has no real relevance to the crime, which is why we sometimes try minors as adults. In most of these cases, it’s quite clear the kid knew what they were doing was wrong and what the consequences would be for others.
Also, I don’t think there’s much of a difference between a 17-year-old being sentenced to live in prison vs. a 21-year-old.
I also firmly believe that some crimes are so heinous that the criminal does not deserve a second chance. The only reason I don’t support capital punishment is because human legal systems so often get their judgments wrong, and execution is a punishment you can’t take back. But that doesn’t change my opinion that some people do deserve to die for what they did. Ergo, life without parole seems a good alternative.
eh, you can't take back 50 years of wrongful imprisonment either.
You can't take it back, but you can at least offer them generous compensation for the government fucking up their life and also clean the slate and expunge the record.
You can't do anything to compensate someone for a wrongfully carried out execution. I'd actually support the death sentence if we had a way to be absolutely certain we weren't ever going to carry it out on someone wrongfully convicted, but that's impossible.
Well, the chance is somewhat there, but..
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/11/1147443227/for-the-exonerated-compensation-is-a-battle-for-stability-and-dignity
I didn't say we did a good job of it currently, but it's possible to fix. Compensation for executing someone is impossible.
It's a lot easier to pass a law that pays someone X$/month incarcerated in case of wrongful conviction automatically than to raise the dead.