Teens. Teens committing crimes and being trialed as adults. And therefore should be given death penalty? A young person is led to be known by studies that they are not fully capable of making good judgeful decisions on their own. Studies have shown not any teen can make sure they are feeling well as much as an adult does when they are committing a crime. Yet how do we know this for sure? Whether you are a teen or an adult we come to realize not everything is as straight as we see it. Or should I say as matured.
How do we know teen’s minds are not fully developed? A source from USA TODAY had a study conducted stating that the brain is like a car. It is good when it comes to acceleration, BUT, can be bad at the brakes. And therefore, cause an accident. What about the case of juvenile crimes? They are quickly to act but, they don’t see the long-term issue. Hence, they commit a serious to minor crime. But a crime is a crime. No crime goes unpunished. But the question is what is too far in juvenile cases? Should they go to rehab? "Juvi"? Death row? The death penalty is ruled out due to the fact that youth under 18 years of age are not in all maturity to understand that what they are doing or about to do is wrong. And so can lead them to spend time behind bars. The study of USA TODAY says that the typical teen to commit a crime does not know of it because the brain is not fully developed until after the age of 18. And so 16 and 17 year olds are compared to adult behavior and see that teens are most likely to be impulsive, aggressive, emotionally volatile, risk takers, stress reactant, fall easily into peer pressure, and overlook alternative course of action.
Now there are different ways to see a young person do a crime. We can see it as the teen was just doing something because they knew they were doing it and just wanted to, or see it as the child was acting upon the ways of the immature brain works. Essentially, we know kids