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Answer:
The author draws the connection between how old offenders are and how they should be treated by discussing the scientific research the high court took into account. As stated in paragraph 16, "The high court's rulings also took into account new scientific research, including findings that the areas of the brain that deal with decision making, impulsiveness, and consequences are often not fully developed until people are in their 20s." So, in other words, the author states that juveniles below the age of 20 do not have fully developed brains which can affect the way they behave and their actions. So they should be given a second chance or rehabilitation due to this reason.
Explanation:
Equality
One simply cannot pick just one religion that impacts this, because religion overall affects equality. For instance, gender and love. People discriminate on others for how they choose to percieve and identify themselves. They do this simply out of religion, or in most cases, they will use religion as an excuse to bash one another, simply because they just don't like it. But overall, people use religion as an excuse. This applies with sexual orientation. People tell us that god does not approve of same-sex couples, when in the bible it actually states that we mjst love one another, so this proves that they just simply don't like what they see, and thus in order to stop this, they need only remove themself from the situation, if they see a same-sex couple in public, simply walk away, or if it be on the internet, simply scroll away from the picture or page.
