Why Do Teens Kill Adult Criminals?

When I was seven, my first pet was a bird that will always chirp. My family loves animals. For example, my mom would take the birds and sing with them. My mother will allow me to pet them and hold it every day after school for 10 minutes. One day my mom was busy, after school I decide to head home. Once I arrive I walked to the kitchen and open the cage and grabbed the bird myself. The bird stared biting my fingers, so I just started holding it tighter and tighter. I didn’t notice it was dead until blood started coming out from its mouth. I started crying I ran to my mom and told her the situation she was surprised. I thought I had committed a crime. Even though she knew I didn’t do it intentionally she punished me by spanking. Two things I learned in
According to the article “many kids called unfit for adult trial,” Greg Kerkorian states his idea by saying “The study did not address whether any youths were wrongly convicted, Steinberg said that thousands of juveniles went to adult trial when they shouldn’t not have because their ability to understand the proceedings was seriously impaired.” Basically studies are saying if an 11 year old and 17 year old were into trial they wouldn’t be able to understand what’s going on. Another example from Krikorian’s article is “the study says younger individuals were less likely to recognize the risks inherent in different choices and less likely to think about the long-term consequences of their choices.” In other words, Krikorian believes that teens don’t think about their consequences and their choices they made in life, so considering them as adults is not a good idea. If a teen can’t explain why they did their crime then they shouldn’t be put as an adult. Although teens shouldn’t be trial as adults, but others feel that they