Critical Thinking Research

Utilizing the elements of Critical Thinking, you learned in the first assignment, research the topic listed and write an essay (minimum 6 paragraphs) related to the topic listed below.

Research the series of Supreme Court decisions that impacted juvenile murder convictions on the national and state level. Specifically, the Supreme Court ruled three times in cases involving violent juvenile offenders: on banning the execution of juveniles (2005), limiting life without parole sentences (2010), and abolishing mandatory life sentences.

Because states differed widely in their interpretation of its decisions, the Supreme Court ruled again in 2016, forcing states that had resisted the 2012 decision to act and commute life sentences.

Include in your essay your opinion related to this topic.