Lifetime imprisonment implies no path for rehabilitation. A 12 year old hasn’t matured mentally and imposing this sentence feels like you consider the situation hopeless. For a 12 year old to not change feels impossible to me. A 12 year old doesn’t remember half of its life for fucks sake
Well. You may want to look into psychopathy. And how often kids or adults can be treated for it.
The answer is , not at all.
There are some people who, through a complex interactions of genes and environmental influence, or through damage to the prefrontal cortex, , are incapable of empathy, sympathy, or any morality.
There are limits on rehabilitation.
Can such people be identified as children ?
Maybe. Surely with some level of error.
But the harm such people can and often do comitt over a lifetime is very great. Do they deserve a chance to reoffend repeatedly?
There are humans that cannot be taught to be different.
They can’t be treated. They don’t improve with therapy.
.maybe think about donald trump who is a classic case of psychopathy.
He is literally incapable of changing.
He’s not a unique case.
There is a famous professor from. Stanford who has discussed this topic a bit in lectures and in interviews.
Robert Sapolsky
Idk. I kind of feel like there are crimes 12 year olds can do to warrant a lifetime in prison.
Mass murders. Even raping and killing other kids.
It’s rare but it happens.
Lifetime imprisonment implies no path for rehabilitation. A 12 year old hasn’t matured mentally and imposing this sentence feels like you consider the situation hopeless. For a 12 year old to not change feels impossible to me. A 12 year old doesn’t remember half of its life for fucks sake
Well. You may want to look into psychopathy. And how often kids or adults can be treated for it.
The answer is , not at all.
There are some people who, through a complex interactions of genes and environmental influence, or through damage to the prefrontal cortex, , are incapable of empathy, sympathy, or any morality.
There are limits on rehabilitation.
Can such people be identified as children ?
Maybe. Surely with some level of error. But the harm such people can and often do comitt over a lifetime is very great. Do they deserve a chance to reoffend repeatedly?
There are humans that cannot be taught to be different. They can’t be treated. They don’t improve with therapy.
.maybe think about donald trump who is a classic case of psychopathy.
He is literally incapable of changing.
He’s not a unique case.
There is a famous professor from. Stanford who has discussed this topic a bit in lectures and in interviews. Robert Sapolsky
Here is one such interview.
https://novayagazeta.eu/amp/articles/2023/11/08/broken-machines-en