这本书的大部分内容是关于黑人儿童被判刑成人监狱和终身监禁的案件。史蒂文森告诉这些故事非常令人信服和同情。他挑战自己的句子，因为他说他们是未成年人，他的公司公认的“不让孩子抽烟，不喝酒，开车Testâ；欧元；及一；因为他们的成熟和判断缺乏同时处理一些最危险的，忽视，和受损的孩子一样长大在成年人的刑事司法系统。”的情况下，会给青年放在一种情况下，他觉得他唯一的选择是杀了人，因为他没有意识到自己的其他选项，应该承认在量刑。一个例子是一个年轻的男孩谁射杀了他的母亲的人。是的，需要惩罚，但是把一个小孩关在成人监狱并不总是合适的。史蒂文森还为许多贫穷的白人妇女谁已被定罪的谋杀他们的配偶或夭折的孩子。他告诉孕妇太穷，去看医生或去医院的故事，然后不幸的是在劳动过程中提供一个夭折的孩子。这些妇女随后被捕并被控谋杀而被处以死刑的。
新西兰艺术与设计学论文代写:黑人儿童被判刑
A large portion of this book deals with the cases of poor black children sentenced to adult prisons and serving life sentences. Stevenson tells these stories very convincingly and sympathetically. He challenges their sentences because he says they are juveniles and his firm recognized "the incongruity of not allowing children to smoke, drink, drive … because of their lack of maturity and judgement while simultaneously treating some of the most at-risk, neglected, and impaired children exactly the same as full-grown adults in the criminal justice system." Circumstances that would bring a youth to be put in a situation where he felt his only option was to kill someone because he is not aware of his other options, should be recognized upon sentencing. One example is a young boy who shoots his mother's abuser. Yes, punishment needs to occur, but placing a young child in an adult prison is not always appropriate justice. Stevenson also defends many poor white women who have been convicted of the murder of their spouse or stillborn child. He tells the stories of pregnant women who are too poor to see a doctor or go to the hospital, and then unfortunately during labor deliver a stillborn child. These women are then arrested and charged with capital murder which is punishable by the death penalty.
