Kids Are Kids Research Paper

“Five years ago juveniles were being tried for shoplifting, now we have murders, breaking out car windows … it all ties into gang activity. Six to eight months ago, a juvenile I represented said he wanted to be in a gang, so he robbed an elderly woman.” Juveniles should be convicted as adults for violent crimes because when they commit a crime and don't get caught or have any consequences after, they are basically walking around our streets with no one to notice they are criminals. If they did it once, they can do it again and get away with it. A crime is a crime no matter what the age of the criminal, they need to be punished. Based on the article, ”Kids Are Kids…” the author, Marjie Lundstrom states that children as young as twelve and thirteen are being charged as adults in America’s courts. For example, “On March 9, Lionel Tate-who was twelve when he savagely beat to death a six-year-old girl-will likely learn if he must spend life in prison after his lawyer unsuccessfully tried to put pro wrestling on trial.” This is showing how a juvenile is committing a crime so immense that might put him behind the bars. “On Punishment and Teen Killers”, Jennifer Jenkins, declared that teens are being tried as adults and sentenced to prison for murder at alarming rates in the united states. Also that a teenager killed a family because he wanted to “see what
“Fourteen-year-old Brazill, charged in last May’s shooting of middle-school teacher Grunow, was found guilty of second-degree murder.” Brazill was only thirteen when he committed his crime. He said he made a “stupid mistake,” but prosecutors argued that by bringing a gun to school he planned the crime. This shows how teenagers are doing stupid things for no apparent reason and are getting into serious trouble. They are making the people around them feel in danger and this causes huge