Inprisonment of Our Youth

When it comes to the criminal Justice System, it is a very precise and delegate topic to discussion about. And once subject that is a lot of times over looked and or not discussed enough about is about children being sentenced to life in prison or receiving very long prison sentences, or even being executed.

According to (eji.org) the Courts did ban juvenile executions, nearly 3000 children age 17 or younger have been sentenced to life in prison until death, without parole. Children as young as 13 were among the 3000 kids sentenced to death in prison.

Now the reason why this subject is so delegate to handle is that there are children being treated like adults. People believe that it is against some kind of moral code to punish young children with life long prison sentences or the death plenty. Those people argue that children committing crimes are still learning from right from wrong, that they don’t understand that there action are much greater then they know themselves. Or people argue that there are kids that are mental unstable and can’t control their actions.

Which is strong arguments indeed but in the end a terrible crime was committed. When there is an 8 year old boy who viciously attacks his 1-year old infant brother and viciously kills him because the baby wouldn’t stop crying; there is something mentally wrong with that child and that child needs to be taken away. This was according to ( www.Newsweek.com).

 

 In the image above shows the infant girl that was brutally beaten to death by her eight year old bother. I'm not saying that the boy needs to be put in jail for the rest of his life, but he needs to be removed from society and receive special help before returning anywhere near home. The boy is clearly dangerous and needs help.

In the chart above it shows the incarceration rate for youth imprisonment between the USA vs. Other nations. USA is at the very top, so it shows our youth is growing up in a dangerous and hostel environment, and that children are dangerous and committing more crimes. So are this many children in cable of knowing from right from wrong? Some maybe, but no, many of these kids know what they are doing, that is why there are so many kids being put into jail or taken away for a reason. 

Teenagers these days are becoming more dangerous these days, according to the Washington D.C. poles, and personally talking to a formal downtown D.C. police officer, Children as young as 8 years old are beginning to join gangs. What happens when children that young join gangs as young as that, they’re more likely to commit more terrible crimes as they get older, they might start out by stealing, or fighting and as they get older, will become more prone to carrying a weapon, and more likely to end up shooting someone, or robbing people with the weapon. Kids growing up in a hostile environment like that are set to think crime is okay, that is why the youth of today are becoming more dangerous, at that point they don’t know from right from wrong, so it’s necessary to take them away and try and fix them, and prison might be the only option.  



This chart above shows the percentage amount of Juvenile under the age
 of 18 growing over the last several years

There are kids out there younger than 18 and as young as 8 years old committing terrible crimes of robbery, assault, and murderer. And it’s not just because they are troubled children, there are kids out there that I truly different and a danger to the public. Necessary punishment should be taken into action for these children and jail is a possible option, even for as young as an 8 year old murderer, because they can get the help they need to one day maybe be put back into society. It’s like they can be saved at a young age to get out of the environment they lived in that might of pushed them into becoming what they were, and be saved as a good person. Because I’ll be honest, lt doesn’t matter if they were too young to understand what they did, they knew what they were doing. That boy wanted to kill his 1 year old sister, he knew it was wrong, but he did it anyway, just maybe he didn’t realize how wrong it was? Those kids choose to be a part of those gangs, there old enough to know right from wrong, they are just being taught that being in a gang isn’t wrong, but they know the stuff there doing is bad. So it is necessary to take any precaution to possible save and rehabilitate them at any cost… even jail.

 

 In this video it shows a young man Tj Lane. A 17 year old kid, who viciously killed two of his classmates and shows no remorse for them or the victims parents. Throughout the trail he gladly admitted to the murderers, and laugh and gave the middle finger to the victims parents who were speaking against him. And to add insult to injury, he was wearing a white t-shirt with the word killer written on his shirt in black marker. The kid was clearly old enough to know right from wrong, he knew what he was doing, and he gladly do it and would seem to have no problem doing it again.

 

 

 

New way of energy

As our nations grows older and the technology larger and more popular the more energy is going to be needed to power our homes and our cars and our technology. More people are using more and more energy these days, peoples electric bill are going through the roof and the cost of electricity around the U.S. is hurting our economy. Heck the average U.S. citizen spends $3052 a year on just electricity.  

So what is the U.S. doing to find new ways of collecting free energy, well a lot of things, for example? There are Connectix roads for cars driving over them collect energy form the cars, there are wind hills that are generated form wind power, and collect energy form the wind. There are many more, but I’m here to talk about solar panels. 

Solar panels is a very environmentally friendly source of clean energy, the fuel is free and will never be subjected to the ups and downs of energy markets. It’s also a clean alternative to the fossil fuel that pollute our air and water and threaten our health, and help contribute to global warming. Solar panels work by convert the sun’s rays into electricity by exciting electron in silicon cells using the photons of light form the sun. The electricity that is collected can be used to power you homes, schools, business, and so on. It can power the heat, light, and all around functions where ever they are placed.

Solar panels are becoming a very popular way to get free energy, and what is heard to lower people electric bill and save money. The amount of solar panels being manufactured is growing by the minute, so there are more home owners, and business owners switching to this clean and free form of energy supply.

Solar energy is easily becoming the way of the future
 in energy efficiency

 

There are some rough side effects are, such as land space. Solar panels need a large amount of space defending on the structure or land scape there supporting on. And there are also hazardous waste. Solar panels may contain hazardous materials that could be released when a panel is damaged or disposed incorrectly. 

Another strong side effect of solar panels is that they are extremely expensive, even the smallest on solar pads can still cost up to 15,000 dollars. And they can cost in the millions of dollars depending on the size and amount of energy you want to collect from them, and some has come out and said solar panels have caused their electric bills to not lower but rise. Which causes worries to the manufactures of solar panels.

 

 

Solar panels are being distributed throughout the U.S. in homes, businesses, and in schools for efficient clean and free energy solutions. For examples. My own neighbors have there on working solar panel system, and Cumberland valley high school invested in over 3 million dollars’ worth of solar panels for and energy efficient school.

This just shows that solar panels are easily being distributed to not only to business
but to local school districts and residents owners thought-out
the country.

And if someone is wondering whether you can go off the off-grid with solar energy, you can. There are batteries that you can charge up using your solar power. Consumers have the advantage of using the grid as storage.

 

The federal, state and local government offer great solar energy tax credits and rebates to encourage homeowners to switch to renewable energy to lower their energy use; solar panels. The amount of solar panels rebates varies by program, but some are generous enough to cover up to 30% of your solar power cost.

 

 

 

 

So to recap there are many different ways to help this world become a more energy efficient way of life. How you ask? By switching to energy efficient methods to save money, power, and protect our earth atmosphere. And in my opinion (solar panels) are a big impact on the future of energy efficiency, and a helpful hand to the new way of saving our planet.