Katharine Blake
Autore di The Uninnocent: Notes on Violence and Mercy
Opere di Katharine Blake
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- Opere
- 1
- Utenti
- 26
- Popolarità
- #495,361
- Voto
- 4.7
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 2
She explores the concept of justice, punishment for youth offenders, the different permutations of heartbreak, mental illness and rehabilitation. Do youth offenders deserve life in prison, despite all the studies on brain development? Death sentences for youth offenders? She strives to understand, and though for the longest time she doesn't go to the prison to see her cousin, she does send him books.
She discusses the Supreme court rulings formed by Roper, Graham, Miller and Montgomery, rulings that might be moving towards something new for youth offenders. Though they aren't implicitly clear and depends on their interpretation by judges.
This book makes one think, question their own views on justice and the implementation of long sentences on youth offenders. Are these throwaway kids, incorrigible, unable to be rehabilitated?… (altro)