Called Unfit for Adult Trial‚” 200‚000 juveniles a year are being tried as adults in the United States. They are sentenced to life in prison and even the death penalty. But is that what is really best for them? Putting these teenagers in prison for life gives them no chance to change their lives around and learn from what they’ve done. I strongly believe that adolescents should not be sentences as adults but still deserve a huge punishment. Teenagers should not be tried as adults because teenager’s
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serious crimes. Even though they are aware of consequences‚ they are aware of their age and know they have a good chance of getting away with a crime. Therefore‚ teenagers found guilty of heinous crimes should be tried as an
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Survey of Literature Some juveniles think that because they are minors‚ they can’t be severely punished just like adults. Using this thinking‚ many minors commit crimes thinking of little to no consequences at all. With this thinking‚ the “double standard” comes into place. Female juveniles think because of their gender‚ they can really get away with crimes. For the average american‚ the term "juvenile delinquent" is likely to conjure up the image of a teen-age male. The one-sided image
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Juvenile receives crucial punishment‚ how could you give a twelve year old sentenced to life without possibility of parolo. Now that is just heartless to do something like that to a juvenile. The reason for juvenile being tried as adult is what happened in the 80s and 90s‚ many juvenile were in gangs and causing tremendous crime making the crime rate raise for the younger generation. Juveniles makes bad decision but it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re all bad‚ majority of them steal or choose a
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Juveniles Being Tried As Adults I. Introduction A. Did you know that just about every juvenile offender who has a past criminal history‚ or is arrested for a violent crime like rape or murder‚ is tried in an adult court? 1. According to a non-profit organization called Equal Justice Iniative there are over 2200 juveniles nationwide who have been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. 2. Children as young as 13 years of age have been tried as adults and sentenced
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as young as 14 are being tried as adults in the adult court system and are sentenced to life in prison. These children are being tried as an adult for committing heinous crimes. These children are serving life sentences in prison that they do not deserve. They should al have the chance of rehabilitation no matter what crime they committed At that age they are still able to learn that what they did was wrong and change their ways. I believe that juveniles should not be in the adult court system and
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Youth Tried As Adults: Justice or Misguided Justification? When juveniles are exposed to state penitentiaries and sentences up to life in prison without parole‚ do these adolescents learn anything or even achieve the ability to fully understand the crimes they have committed? The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s research indicates that the prefrontal cortex‚ the part of the brain that contributes to a person’s judgment and reasoning‚ is not fully developed until a person reaches his or her
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Should minors who commit violent crimes be tried as adults? Sylvia B. McCrorey Strayer University Professor Catherine Cousar Research & Writing October 17‚ 2012 INTRODUCTION: The reason I selected this topic is because I feel that today’s generation of youth and children have been led mainly because of peer pressure which sometimes cause them to make bad choices. This usually causes minors to do some things that are wrong before they think about the consequences
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juveniles are tried as adults every year. Yes‚ the saying “You do the crime‚ you do the time‚” may evidently need to be set in stone for every criminal‚ but a child? To make this country fair the United States of America needs to stop prosecuting and putting teens on trial as adults. Ignorance of not knowing the law is not an adequate excuse‚ that may be necessarily true‚ but if the country wants to be considered “fair” then the court system needs to understand that children and teens are not adults. The
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An advantage to juveniles being handled in adult court is that many juveniles would not be arrested anymore for crimes considered against the law presently for minors. Many adolescent offenders are arrested for minor crimes now and if they are already on probation many trivial acts such as a suspension from school for “anything” can push them into a juvenile placement long term. I have seen it many times. Kids that are on probation for something they did 2 years prior such as at the age of 14
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