crimes‚ the question of whether they should be tried as adults is on the rise. Children as young as 13 or 14 are committing violent crimes such as murder‚ rape‚ and armed robbery. Some of these children are being tried as adults while others are being tried as juveniles and receiving milder punishments. A juvenile offender may receive a few years in a juvenile detention facility and possibly probation following his release at age eighteen. An adult committing the same violent crime will receive a
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and they do not get the chance to make any decisions for themselves. Kids don’t have time for things that they want to do‚ including just being a kid. This then leads to young adults being scared of adulthood and unprepared to take on the challenges because they never actually got the privilege to be a kid. Furthermore‚ Derek Thompson notes that young adults are missing out on huge opportunities‚ such as starting a family or getting a well paying job‚ because of the poor economic conditions. Additionally
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18‚ an individual legally becomes an "adult". An individual can now buy cigarettes or a home‚ enter adult-only clubs‚ vote‚ and even get married. Furthermore‚ from their 18th birthday and beyond‚ individuals are no longer tried for crimes in juvenile courts. Now‚ they are tried in adult courts. But‚ does one or two years make such a difference between sixteen year olds and eighteen year olds? Is it fair for one person‚ just seventeen years of age‚ to be tried in a juvenile court‚ receiving a lesser
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America teaches her children right from wrong and teaches values that respect life in our country‚ our country will be better off". This quote was released after a 15- year-old boy shot and killed two classmates and injured 13 at a high school near San Diego‚ California. He will be charged as an adult under state law. I firmly believe that in cases of felonies such as murder or arson committed by juveniles over the age of reason‚ those juveniles should be tried as adults. The ability to know
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themselves not in any other means. Kant insists that “every rational being‚ exists as an end in himself and not merely as a means to be arbitrarily used by this or that will” (428). Humanity has an absolute value that doesn’t depend from some aim. According to Kant there is only one exception to this rule‚ which states that you can only use a person as a mean if you have their consent. Certainly we would not have the consent of the children to torture them hence this exception does not apply to our case
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Being a bully or a bystander is a bad choice to make in your life. The issue is getting worse every single day. Killing their self‚ cutting their self‚ depressed a lot‚ skipping school‚ taking drugs‚ and mostly 95% of them cry their selves to sleep at night. In my opinion because of Brain Pop‚ I think bystanders are worse than bullies because they just sit there and watch people get hurt. Everyone gets bullied at some point and some age! As you can see‚ Brain pop teaches a lot! Students get bullied
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or getting incarcerated is like is from tv‚ or movies. Someone does a crime‚ the cops come‚ they get handcuffed‚ placed inside the cop car and then you see them behind bars and the scene ends. If they decide to go more into detail‚ they show them being fingerprinted and taken their mug shot. As a matter of fact‚ according to Bierie (as cited in West‚ 2010) on any given day‚ there are more than 2 million U.S. citizens incarcerated (2011‚ p. 341). So what better way to experience first-hand
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While opponents of lobbyists believe that they mostly do not show the nation being united‚ they can bribe American politicians easily; whereas‚ the supporters believe that they spend a lot of time researching the importance of a law before writing it‚ to see whether if it’s harmful or beneficial for the state since the Congressmen
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When asked the question “what is an american?”‚ almost every single person would provide a different answer. This question is very open ended‚ and there are infinite possibilities for a response. Being an american is not something that can be decided by a few physical criterion‚ it is something more. To be an american is‚ according to Patricia Fernandez‚ “a state of mind‚” based on a person’s beliefs rather than their tangible features. Therefore‚ I believe that an American is someone who considers
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are considered an adult. This is the level of majority. If someone were to commit a crime at this age or older they would be tried as an adult. Children under the age of 18 cannot be sentenced to death or to life without possibility of parole. This is because children are physically incapable of making mature‚ responsible‚ well processed decisions. Opinions from one person to the next differ as there are several reasons concerning juveniles how they should be treated and tried in criminal cases (Southerland)
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