https://padlet.com/w1896166/b73gyqdi3bjq8wsy Just Mercy By Bryan Stevenson ; Angeline Tran, Diana De La Torre, Alyssa Serpa, Mohammad Qadri en-us 2021-11-04 00:23:39 UTC 2025-05-09 16:29:37 UTC hello@padlet.com w1896166 https://padlet.com/w1896166/b73gyqdi3bjq8wsy/wish/1880337929 Incarcerating the youth causes extreme stress and separation issues that could lead two cases of depression and even suicidal thoughts such as the case involving Ian Manuel who was sentenced to life with no parole. ]]> 2021-11-10 04:41:32 UTC https://padlet.com/w1896166/b73gyqdi3bjq8wsy/wish/1880337929 w1896166 https://padlet.com/w1896166/b73gyqdi3bjq8wsy/wish/1883310317

This hashtag consists of reasons why incarcerating kids is one of the least effective ways to help them grow as an individual. 

There are posts consisting of how it is unjust to prosecute a child as an adult when they have not fully experienced the proper brain development to make wise decisions. 

The post illustrate a trend/pattern that connects to minorities like latinos and African Americans being the greater targets of this.

]]> 2021-11-11 05:04:03 UTC https://padlet.com/w1896166/b73gyqdi3bjq8wsy/wish/1883310317 w1896166 https://padlet.com/w1896166/b73gyqdi3bjq8wsy/wish/1883317464 “Many states had changed their laws to make it easier to prosecute children as adults, and my clients were getting younger and younger.” (Stevenson 115)]]> 2021-11-11 05:08:27 UTC https://padlet.com/w1896166/b73gyqdi3bjq8wsy/wish/1883317464 w1896166 https://padlet.com/w1896166/b73gyqdi3bjq8wsy/wish/1883318629 “ More than anything else, it was the lack of concern and responsiveness by police, prosecutors, and victims’ services providers that devastated Mozelle and Onzelle.” (Stevenson 143)]]> 2021-11-11 05:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/w1896166/b73gyqdi3bjq8wsy/wish/1883318629 w1896166 https://padlet.com/w1896166/b73gyqdi3bjq8wsy/wish/1883319799 “They were legally condemned children hidden away in adult prisons, largely unknown and forgotten, preoccupied with surviving in dangerous, terrifying environments with little family support or outside help” (Stevenson 160)]]> 2021-11-11 05:09:58 UTC https://padlet.com/w1896166/b73gyqdi3bjq8wsy/wish/1883319799 w1896166 https://padlet.com/w1896166/b73gyqdi3bjq8wsy/wish/1883321059 “...a scribbled note in the handwriting of a child, he could still only read at a third-grade-level, despite the fact that we ws thirty-one ” (Stevenson 259)]]> 2021-11-11 05:10:49 UTC https://padlet.com/w1896166/b73gyqdi3bjq8wsy/wish/1883321059 w1896166 https://padlet.com/w1896166/b73gyqdi3bjq8wsy/wish/1883322431 “I was worried about what the U.S. Supreme Court would do with all of the children condemned to die in prison, now that it had the issue to consider.” (Stevenson 277)]]> 2021-11-11 05:11:37 UTC https://padlet.com/w1896166/b73gyqdi3bjq8wsy/wish/1883322431 w1896166 https://padlet.com/w1896166/b73gyqdi3bjq8wsy/wish/1883324377 “On may 17, 2010 ...the U.S. Supreme Court announced it decision: Life imprisonment without parole sentences imposed on children convicted of non-homicide crimes is cruel and unusual punishment and constitutionally impermissible.” (Stevenson 295)]]> 2021-11-11 05:12:56 UTC https://padlet.com/w1896166/b73gyqdi3bjq8wsy/wish/1883324377 angelineemail https://padlet.com/w1896166/b73gyqdi3bjq8wsy/wish/1885963654 “Proximity to the condemned and incarcerated made the question of each person’s humanity more urgent and meaningful, including my own”(Stevenson 12)]]> 2021-11-12 06:04:18 UTC https://padlet.com/w1896166/b73gyqdi3bjq8wsy/wish/1885963654 angelineemail https://padlet.com/w1896166/b73gyqdi3bjq8wsy/wish/1885964961 “And prison is a terrible place for someone with mental illness or a neurological disorder that prison guards are not trained to understand” (Stevenson 188)]]> 2021-11-12 06:05:21 UTC https://padlet.com/w1896166/b73gyqdi3bjq8wsy/wish/1885964961 angelineemail https://padlet.com/w1896166/b73gyqdi3bjq8wsy/wish/1885966160 “He was locked into a maintenance role: He was a custodian for the system who was unlikely to overturn the previous judgement, even if there was compelling evidence of innocence” (Stevenson 205) ]]> 2021-11-12 06:06:14 UTC https://padlet.com/w1896166/b73gyqdi3bjq8wsy/wish/1885966160 w1968509 https://padlet.com/w1896166/b73gyqdi3bjq8wsy/wish/1885970934 The demonization of youth can be seen in the super predator theory which had targeted children from impoverished backgrounds such Latinos and African Americans. Since the justice system seemingly enforced the idea that they couldn't be rehabilitated, countless P.O.C. adolescents were incarcerated for long periods of time. ]]> 2021-11-12 06:10:10 UTC https://padlet.com/w1896166/b73gyqdi3bjq8wsy/wish/1885970934