On the twenty-fifth of June 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that sentencing juvenile murderers to life in prison without parole fell under the category of “cruel and unusual punishment”, which violates the eighth amendment of the U.S. Constitution. However, four members of the Supreme Court disagreed, as the prompt of this essay states that, “...mandatory sentences reflected the will of American society that heinous crimes committed by juveniles should always be punished with a life sentence to prison.” The debate on this topic still continues today, and while those who are against the Supreme Court ruling have valid arguments, they fail to comprehend the fact that juveniles still cannot understand the consequences of their actions, thus, making
