The NFL LD resolution for January / February 2011 offers all
kinds of interesting possibilities, since it considers potential
distinctions between adults and juveniles in the U.S. criminal
justice system. Below is a list to get you started in your
analysis. In the comments, suggest your own, or critique these
offerings. Remember two things: that the resolution concerns
those charged with violent felonies, and that we're dealing with
serious crimes, not minor offenses, which may affect arguments
about the ability of juveniles to be rehabilitated. V: Justice
(defined as "to each their due," or a similar concept) Trending
AFF. If the aim of the criminal justice system is to punish the
guilty, then we must determine the proper punishment for guilty
parties. Retribution (or its philosophy, retributivism) offers a
moral justification for punishment, as well as a limit:
proportionality, based on the principle that the punishment must
fit the crime. The Aff argument, in a nutshell, is that adult
crimes (violent felon