pain of the person killed as well as those whom the defendants killed. Life without parole will give them punishment for a lifetime of pain and suffering. Obviously it costs to kill someone. But if we took the amount of money we use to kill an individual each time, millions of dollars could be spent on violence prevention efforts and victim services. Giving someone life without parole will not only ease the pain of all families, but it could also improve the health of the community and ease the pain of worry and hatred. The death penalty places emphasis on the legal dimension and not on the human one. Every year in the United States children as young as 13 are sentenced to life without parole, there are approximately 3,000 children sentenced to juvenile life. But allowing children to be sentenced to life without parole threatens children's rights. It is human laws that should allow those who commit their crimes before the age of eighteen to not get life without parole. We are required to follow human rights laws as well as federal and state laws when dealing with criminal sentencing. Children have the same rights as adults but also additional rights. When you look at a child you must also look at his needs. All children need protection as they mature. But not only that: physical and mental immaturity, special needs, a parent's care and how they are cared for before and after birth must be taken into account. All of this should play a role in the development of children's rights and conventions in their lives. Putting them in prison with adults will hinder their treatment because it is not appropriate for their age or legal status. If we take into consideration their age and the fact that we have to promote their rehabilitation, children should be engaged but focusing on positive measures such as education and not so much on punishment. Children tried as adults are treated as adults rather than based on their age, so they are sentenced as adults, life imprisonment without parole is mandatory whether you are twelve or fifty-five when the crime is committed. Sentencing them at the age of twelve will demonstrate that there is nothing that can be done to help the child once he becomes a member of society. It will banish the child and not give him an expression that is a place with peers, hard work and time could promote a positive change in the child. The sentence may tell the child and society that this child will be rejected and that there is no hope for him to change his life. So what is expected of the child once he is brought into the world, after having been in prison with adults all his life? Does the punishment need to be age- and legal-status-appropriate for the sentence to be appropriate for the crime and the age for rehabilitation? . I do not question society's right to justice against a child who committed murder. But we have to think about the baby and what we're going to put back in