| Below you will find three distinct US Supreme Court rulings. The three are:”Roper v. Simmons”, “Miller v. Alabama” and “Graham v. Florida”. Each decision focuses on a particular aspect of the punishment of juveniles. Review the materials in the e-text and provided with this assignment. In completing this assignment- write a well developed paragraph identifying the underlying issue(s) for each decision. And in a separate paragraph, identify how in theses US Supreme Court what has been the underlying philosophy of the court when it came to punishing juveniles and what were the reasons. Do you think this philosophy will only encourage juveniles to engage in more violent crimes? Bonus points in your response- there is one case that has been mentioned in each video that has been recently resolved- identify that one case mentioned in each video. Also, there was one term applied in the Miller and Graham videos as to previous cases and was applied to all defendants in Roper. What was that term used and what is it’s definition? (1) Submit at least four well-developed paragraphs with a relative example (2) Use the reading material to support your position. http://jaapl.org/content/33/4/547.full (Links to an external site.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36qYjPCqdt0 (Links to an external site.) http://jaapl.org/content/48/1/98 (Links to an external site.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLmroZhA9bE (Links to an external site.) http://jaapl.org/content/46/4/543 (Links to an external site.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdaYCeFBxqk (Links to an external site.) Due Date: Saturday, August 1, 2020, 11:59PM EST |
