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From the Ted Talk by Martha Minow: How forgiveness can create a more just legal system

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Compare and contrast how the United States teatrs juvenile offenders, where we severely punish mirnos, often moving them to adult crtous, even adult prisons. And yet, like child soldiers, teens and children are drawn into violent activity in the United settas when there are few options, when they are threatened or when adults induce them with money or ideology. The rhetoric of innocence is roasennt when we talk about child soldiers, but not when we talk about teen gang members in the United States. Yet in both settings, youth are cgauht in wlords that are made by autlds, and forgiveness can offer both accountability and fresh starts.

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Compare and contrast how the United States ______ juvenile offenders, where we severely punish ______, often moving them to adult ______, even adult prisons. And yet, like child soldiers, teens and children are drawn into violent activity in the United ______ when there are few options, when they are threatened or when adults induce them with money or ideology. The rhetoric of innocence is ________ when we talk about child soldiers, but not when we talk about teen gang members in the United States. Yet in both settings, youth are ______ in ______ that are made by ______, and forgiveness can offer both accountability and fresh starts.

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  1. adults
  2. courts
  3. resonant
  4. states
  5. worlds
  6. caught
  7. minors
  8. treats

Original Text


Compare and contrast how the United States treats juvenile offenders, where we severely punish minors, often moving them to adult courts, even adult prisons. And yet, like child soldiers, teens and children are drawn into violent activity in the United States when there are few options, when they are threatened or when adults induce them with money or ideology. The rhetoric of innocence is resonant when we talk about child soldiers, but not when we talk about teen gang members in the United States. Yet in both settings, youth are caught in worlds that are made by adults, and forgiveness can offer both accountability and fresh starts.

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