Author Question: Why does Scheidegger make a comparison between age rules concerning voting and driving and age rules ... (Read 141 times)

sc00by25 · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Why does Scheidegger make a comparison between age rules concerning voting and driving and age rules
relating to criminal sentencing?

a. He argues that letting youth drive at a younger age is risky in the same way that letting juvenile offenders off easy
can be.
b. He is strongly against bringing age cutoffs into any conversation about our laws.
c. He is trying to show that juvenile offenders should not be allowed to vote or drive.
d. His point is that the consequences of making an error with age rules is more serious in the sentencing of crimes
than with voting and driving.

Question 2

The 1991 Rodney King beating is mentioned in paragraph 4 to support the point that

a. if phones with video recorders had existed at the time, the King beating would probably not have happened in the
first place
b. the Rodney King video was not spread to the general public as quickly as similar videos are today.
c. the treatment of King by police was probably justified.
d. there is no similarity between the police beating of Rodney King by police and excessive use of force by police
today.

kilada · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

d. His point is that the consequences of making an error with age rules is more serious in the sentencing of crimes
than with voting and driving.

Answer to Question 2

b. the Rodney King video was not spread to the general public as quickly as similar videos are today.