Juvenile Justice System

Judge to decide in May whether teen will be charged as adult in crime spree.

A 15-year-old teenager that was accuse in February of a crime spree, along with a teenager Sirquain Burr, 17-year-old, that has been charged of face murder, attempted murder and other charges. The crime was at the Brownsburg area, IN.

The crime was a multi-car accident that was the result of a police chase involving a suspect of a shooting earlier in the day.

The defendant was and still is 15-year-old at the time of the crime and at the time of the trial.

The charges that the 15-year-old teen is being charged for be accomplice of Sirquain Burr while he shot and killed Yingling, who was in the driver’s seat of his truck in the 3300 block of Babette Court.  Also for attempting murder of Rex Scouter, 64, who was shot while walking his dog near Dandy Trail and Ruthergien way.

No, there was no discussion in the article about the background/history of the defendants.

The parents of the accused did not say anything, or at least not in the article.

There will be a court of The three-day hearing starting on May 28 in the juvenile division of Marion Superior Court  where the Judge Marylin Moored will decide whether to tried the 15-year-old suspect as an adult like Burr, or tried him as a teenager.

There were four comments and all of them relate to each other, they said that the court (jury) should not think twice and prosecute both teenagers as adults; if they were willing to commit those crimes without thinking it then they are old enough to face the consequences of their actions.

The defendant will be sentence on the three day hearin that will begin on May 28, therefore the sentence of the Judge Marylin Moores will be known either on May 31 or April 1.

Well it is kind of difficult to know if we should take brain research into account in this case, “Judge to decide in May whether teen will be charged as an adult in crime spree”, since there is no background/history of the teens in the article we cannot tell if they had problems at home or if they were being physical/mental abused. I think we should not take brain research into account, if the other teenager, Siquain Burr, that killed one person and attempt to murder another one was tried as an adult then with the 15-year-old should the jury do the same, I mean at the age of 15 everyone knows the difference of right versus wrong, and they can take decisions on their own.

If the outlaw changed and juveniles would be trying as adults this case should not be longer a case, it will be already done and both teenagers would be in jail, charged as adults and with a sentence of death penalty.

If the juveniles at the crime time were adults the judge would not think it twice and immediately will give sentence of death penalty for the charges of murder, attempt of murder, possession of weapon and a stolen vehicle, plus other charges they can take account.

The sentence has not being said until May 31, but if I was the jury I would not think it twice and I immediately will try the 15-year-old as an adult charged him for being accomplice and suspect of attempt murder, and will give sentence of formal prison.

This case says that the juvenile justice system is not doing its job. They make a storm in a glass of water, instead of spending time whether to try a teen that commit murder, they should give immediately sentence of formal prison. If this case would it be about a Hispanic teen being the accomplice of murder then the jury automatically give sentence of formal prison without looking at the defendant background or try to find reason why he commit murder. What I will change is make a new juvenile justice system that really will do its job, they will give sentence if the teenager that are being tried are old enough to know the difference between right vs. wrong and can take their own decisions. Although there will be some exceptions looking into the background/history of the defendants and deciding whether to take make a brain research into account or just give sentence of formal prison.

Brain vs. Mind

There are many factors that a jury must consider before charging a juvenile as an adult. As the Atlantic Monthly article shows cases where the person that committed the homicide and/or murder have no control over their body and brain. In this article the author states that in court the jury must know whether the person committed the crime voluntary or involuntary, in a few words if the person was consent about what she/he was doing at the crime scene.

As is shown on the Atlantic Monthly article there have been research and studies made on the human brain that had proved that the brain can act by itself doing with the human body what he wants without even the person notices what she/he is doing. In the case of Charles Whitman; he killed 13 persons and injury 32 persons. On his suicide note he asked for an autopsy to be done on his body, he knew something had change in his brain and he only went to the doctor once; before he kill himself he already had problems and he suspected something was wrong with him that’s why he did what he did (kill people).

Also there have been studies made on the human brain that had shown that a person acts the way they do either because they have brain problems or mind problems. Two different types of problems. Brain problems are the ones that involve a functions and harms in the brain. Mind problems are the ones that showed that the person has psychiatric problems (psychopath).

Before judging a juvenile as an adult, first jury must know their background, their history, where they come from. Like this quote states “Don’t judge a book by its cover” you can be very surprised of the story that is written on it.

Dumpster Diving

I don't think I will go to dumpster diving in any circumstance, even if I am struggling. I think that is unsanitary and I do not like those kinds of places, even if I have to go into those place and there is no other choice I would strongly denied. I rather find  a job, work and earn money then go into some dumpster and seek for food, going to dumpster diving it is an embarrass thing to do and not healthy at all, I would not do that even if someone pay me to do it. 

Doomed kids

Do you agree with the statics? Why or why not?
1.4 Mother and father and relative
4.5 Mother and father
5.3 Mother and step
5.7 Mother
6.0 Mother and relative
7.2 Relative
8.1 Other
11.0 Father
11.8 Father and step

In this case I must agree with the statistics because I know for fact and for experience that people get into drugs either because of peer pressure or some relative are into drugs, also because they might feel alone or have problems at home. Most kids now a days get into drugs because they have no choice, they have some much pressure on their shoulders that the only exit they see is throughout drugs. They need help but there is no one to help give that help they need. Some other kids just get into drugs because they are stupid, they think it is a cool thing to do. While people in other circumstances try to fight against drugs, other prefer to get into them because it's cool.

Magic Madness

I have never been at a circus, a magic show or at any place where the people does magic. I am a girl that come from a town that used to be little (not anymore) in Michoacan, Mexico; every year the circus would come to my town with all the little clowns, people doing exotics tricks, and the showing up the animals they brought with them; they always came every year with a different entrance. It never brought my attention to go   and visit a circus, even though my cousins and my siblings always got  free tickets to go in. I never presence a magic trick, or not a thing that I would call a "magic trick". I only have seen tricks not magic tricks. Since my dad  was a little kid, he will play cards and always win, he is the number one playing any "casino" games, any person that plays with him they always loose. He used to teach my brothers and I some of the tricks he used to win, they were not tricks to cheat. He can hide a card under his hand without people seeing, he can mixed all the cards and then find the for aces, he can tell what the next card will be, and many other cards tricks he does. This does not show that he is a magician, these tricks show that a person is clever and fast in doing things, also with practice you can do these tricks, although it would take you time and a lot of  patience. To be honest I do not believe in magic nor luck. Magic only involves a bunch of tricks a person does after practicing them a lot of times, and in rewards to luck; that is something only superstitious people believe on, it is not that you are lucky, that is how life is; you have ups and downs.

CAPÍTVLO PRIMERO DE LAS FIESTAS,PASQVAS

CAPÍTVLO PRIMERO DE LAS FIESTAS,PASQVAS

Basically, what the first chapter (CAPÍTVLO PRIMERO DE LAS FIESTAS,PASQVAS ) is about the Festivals (holidays) and the Easter season, people in Peru celebrate.  Around these times the people in Peru perform taquies dances of the Ingas and of the Capac Apoconas (powerful lords), and also dances from the main Yndios (Indians) of the kingdoms of Chinchay Suyos, Ande Suyos, Colla Suyos, and Conde Suyos sited in Peru territory. The dances and songs Peruvian people do at these festivals do not involve sorcery nor idolaters nor enchantment, instead they only involve joy and partying (celebrating holidays). If it wasn’t for the drunkenness the festivals would be better.

The taqui is the ceremonial dance, the cachiua is the song and dance they play in a circle, the haylli are victory songs, the araui is the song that girls sing and pingollo (flute) is the part of the song that the boys sing or play. Also in the festivals they involve the party of the pastors llama miches (flame pastors), the llamaya; the sing of the flame pastors and pachaca farmers, the harauayo (a chant) and the Collas’s Aymaras songs and dances; quirquina, collina, aymarana. In the pastors festival the girls sing guanca and the boys sing quena quena (Aymaras songs and dances).

              Each of these festivals possess ayllo and partiality of this kingdom, no one should say anything about these festivals nor judge them. Also no judge should worry this people by taking away their jobs and traditions that make them sing and dance among them.

Although Guaman Poma’s participation in the campaigns against religion, he argues in this chapter and on page 530 the right to keep the festivities, dances and native processions that have no idolized regarding religion.

          I chose this chapter because the traditions a town or a whole country has it is really important, not just because it is a fundamental part of the culture but also because it represents where do you come from and who you are.

Frienemies

They Things They Carried

“The Things They Carried” is a book written by Tim O’Brien. The chapters in this book tell stories; some of them are true some of them are not. The author of the book mixed memories and stories that had happen to him and by that he makes his audience to wonder whether if the stories are true or just making up stories. “Enemies” and “Friends” are two chapters that can be compare and contrast by the irony that both chapters have. In the “Enemies” chapter two good friends, Lee Strunk and Dave Jensen, have a fistfight because of a missing jackknife and one of them gets injured. In the other hand, “Friends” is the chapter where Strunk and Jensen made a pact and become closer friends, forgetting everything about the fistfight.                

During the Vietnam War

Photograph:  0309.jpg 

A young officer uses a mud puddle as both sink and mirror as he shaves at the An Khe base camp of the 1st Cavalry Division. (Hodierne)

This photograph depicts the life the soldiers (officers) lived during the Vietnam War. It illustrates how this officer uses any resource around him to help satisfy his needs. As the photograph shows this officer uses the mud puddle water to shave himself and at the same time he uses the mud puddle as a mirror to look at himself and see how that shaving is going.

This photograph demonstrates that the life during the Vietnam War was not easy for the soldiers. In the photograph you can visualize the bad conditions they (soldiers) live at the An Khe base camp. Everything is muddy and I cannot imagine how they manage to live in those horrible conditions, every time they came out of their tents they get dirty, every time they go inside their tents they get dirty the things inside. Getting dirty is just one of the things I cannot stand, and to be honest I do not think no one stands being dirty all the time, especially if you are moving all around a place all day; first thing you want to do is get in the shower, but for these soldiers get in the shower was not an available option they only could use the resources around them like the mud puddle, even though the water in it was not clean.

Background info. 

Name: Jose Sanchez

Rank: Capt. First, three bars of the same length.

Location: An Khe base camp of the 1^st Calvary Division.

23 years old, been in the Army for five years. Capt. Sanchez is waiting to hear orders for the next move they will do.

What will stick with me about this photograph is that it gave me a chance to look back in the times during the Vietnam War and I get like an idea of how an Army soldier lives in battleship, although I already had kind of an idea but with this photograph I realize that now a days we have more technology and now the life of a soldier is a lot of different then how soldiers used to live during wars like in this case Capt. Sanchez that lives at the AN Khe based camp.

Being Brown and Proud

Jaira Ontiveros

Mrs. Guerard

Period 3 - XP

January 17, 2013

Being Brown and Proud

            White people judge me because I am brown, I am Mexican, and I dress like a “gangster” according to them. Every day I walk the streets, I do not like to ride the bus just because people look at you like a criminal or something; even they move to other sits in the front to be as far away as they can from you. When white people see a Mexican girl wearing black pants, black converse and a black hoodie walking down the streets of a white neighborhood is like the devil is coming. If they are walking on the same sidewalk I am walking on, they move to the other side of the street. If they are in a car immediately they locked the doors and everything, and I am like “I am not going to steal your car or shoot at you, I am just walking.” Even if they are inside their house they lock everything, you can hear when they closed the doors, lock the windows, and close the blinds. I just watch sideways and see a small space on the windows between the blinds, of course they are looking at me to see if I passed through their house or if I am standing outside waiting to do something. They made me laugh, I actually got use to this kind of situations, what I do is keep on walking with my head up to the sky, looking straight. Being Mexican is not a shame, being brown is a gift.

Racial Profiling

Racial Profiling Is Not Racist

• It's wrong, inappropriate, shouldn't be done." Said ex-senator John AshcroftCheney: "It's the sense of anger and frustration and rage that would go with knowing that the only reason you were stopped ... was because of the color of your skin....

• "Largest number of Americans angry about racial profiling are law-abiding black people who feel that they are stopped and questioned because the police regard all black people with undue suspicion. They feel that they are the victims of a negative stereotype.

• Categories "age" and "race" are both rather fuzzy (define "young") and are both useful predictors of criminality.

Arizona's ImmigrationLaw Is Not Racist

• To be racist, the law would have to specifically target one particular race of people. 
• No one can bear the intellectual responsibility of that argument because that's not what the intent of the Arizona legislature was and that's quite clear.It is an immigration bill, not a brown people bill or a Mexican bill.
  
• All Arizona is guilty of here is trying to deal with problems within its border, and trying to do so in a country in which the federal government has totally abandoned its responsibility to deal effectively with the subject of illegal immigration.

In a divided city, manyblacks see echoes of white superiority

• “No matter how famous/rich u r, ur still a 2nd class citizen if ur Black in Cape Town,'' Lindiwe Suttle. 

• Cape Town is an indelible symbol of the beauty and promise of post-apartheid South Africa. Beyond its gorgeous scenery and great wines, its very logo -- an outline of majestic Table Mountain superimposed over a rainbow -- emphasizes its historic mix of races and cultures, and its most famous resident, Desmond Tutu, is revered as a symbol of tolerance, inclusiveness and forgiveness.many black South.

• For many Africans, this city represents something very different: the last bastion of white rule.

Conclusion

Do not judge a book by its cover. Racial profiling is racist, is illegal, is inappropriate, is wrong and it should not be done. When you judge a person based on their appearance, look or on the outfit they have on, you are kind of stereotyping that person; you are not giving her or him the opportunity to express or explain their style. Just by looking the outside of a person does not mean that you already know how they are; you do not know what their life is, or what reasons they have to dress or look like that. Although, people should not be judging others based on their race, that is not fair, because we do not choose if we want to be Mexicans, Asians, Jews or African-Americans; we are born this way, and we cannot change who we are. Racial profiling is the action that most violates a person’s civil right, and ironically members of the government, and  police officers, are the ones that violate those rights, I thought their job was  make sure that everyone has the same rights, liberties and options; but no, they judge a person just based on their color, their outfit, their image. This is not okay and it is not fair, because everyone should have the same rights and the same liberties. People should learn to be more tolerant especially in this country, because this is a multiracial country where you can find every type of people.