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Should teens who commit murder be executed or sent to prison for life?
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∙ 8y ago
It all depends upon their age, circumstances, and intention.
A common argument is that teens are still developing and might not be fully mature and accountable enough to form full intent. Then there are those who believe capital punishment is wrong for anyone, including teens.
The circumstances matter. Consider these:
- If they kill a person who was previously threatening their life, that could be considered extenuating circumstances. To them, it could have been a matter of killing or being killed, and thus they acted first.
- A teen may be the victim of bullying and just snap and kill those who tormented them. The teen might even suffer PTSD from the bullying and couldn't take the trauma and abuse anymore.
- There are teens and even younger children who kill abusive family members. A child may be tired of sexual abuse and finally kills the abuser.
- They might kill someone during a riot or other civil unrest. They normally wouldn't do so, but the situation and group dynamic were so crazy that they just acted. That is no excuse, but killing under such circumstances doesn't always meet the legal definition of murder. A manslaughter conviction would be more likely.
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