The president may serve a maximum of 2 terms.
Compromise is important in democracy as it ensures that no side will stalemate, it is Suffrage
The boy's counsel could argue that the
sentence is cruel and unusual punishment. This is prohibited by the Eighth Amendment. The boy does not have the judgment of an adult and cannot be punished as an adult. In fact, even if the boy were an adult, life in prison could be a cruel or unusual sentence.
I believe this would send two kinds of messages:
- lack of security: any time new war could be called and people killed, which means that long-term planning was difficult
-weakening of authority: any time other leader could take over and might want to "take revenge" on those supporting the current leader, which gives people incentive to be very careful in supporting their leaders