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    Should juvenile be tried as an adult or should they be tired as a kid. ​California should try juveniles as adults because they deserve the same punishment as adults. Juveniles deserved to be punish as adults because juveniles should know what is right and wrong no matter what age they are they should still know that they did something wrong. My whole life I have heard it said that kids will be forever be kids and don’t know the right between right and wrong. In recent discussion of On Punishment

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    is considered an adult in nearly every state of the union‚ which is a pretty big deal for most teens. What most eighteen-year olds are not so happy about is the fact that they are no longer being tried for crimes in juvenile courts. One or two years younger than eighteen does not make much of a difference. It is not fair for one person‚ just seventeen years of age‚ to be tried in a juvenile

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    Kimberly Diaz Professor Garagliano COMM 101 Should minors who commit serious crimes be charged as an adult? I. Introduction A. Attention getter: “Old enough to do the crime‚ old enough to do the time” B. Credibility: It’s not fair how a minor that commits a serious crime can‚ in a way‚ walk away and be given a second chance or even a third chance‚ which in other areas if an adult committed that same crime they can be locked away for years or even life. C. Relevance: In less than a year

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    Should juveniles be tried as adults? Some people disagree and others agree. Juveniles can be tired as adults committing crimes such as a DUI‚minor in possession‚robbery‚rape‚murder and any other crimes committed by an adult. The juveniles can be punished under the juvenile law. The juvenile law states that although most states try juveniles crime cases in juvenile court when the offenders is younger than 18‚ a few states have younger cutoffs (Juvenile Law). The treatment and successful reintegration

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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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    debate whether juveniles should be tried as adults. There are many juveniles creating adult crimes and getting away with little sentences and use excuses like being too "young" or inherited genes. Some juveniles really mean to kill or hurt someone and that is not acceptable for that person to get a little sentence. In the article "On Punishment and Teen Killers" by Jennifer Jenkins‚ it talks about how juveniles deserve to be tried as adults for committing commensurate crimes which is a good decision

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    Joseph Tesmond Justice and the Law paper Spring 2010   Should Juveniles Be Tried As Adults?   In today’s society‚ there is a national debate about what to do with juveniles in the criminal justice system.  This debate is a result changes in practice throughout United States.  The United States made it possible to try juveniles as adults in court after the case of Kent vs. the United States in 1966. The change in legislation is relatively new due to the fact that juvenile courts have "for most

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    I believe teenagers should be tried and sentenced as adults. If teenagers believe they could get away with cruel crimes‚ then I believe they are capable of being able to handle the consequences of an adult act and behavior. Many juveniles in the United States are being tried as adults. “Age can shape every aspect of a capital case‚”(54) stated Adam Liptak in” Supreme Court to Rule on Executing Youth Killers”. Teenagers as well as kids have the ability to commit an adult crime. In the Article “A

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    In my opinion‚ I think that the teens should be tried and convicted as adult. In most juvenile systems throughout the country‚ the juvenile courts lose the power to young person at age 21. For example if a 17-year-old teenager murder and is convicted of that murder‚ he can only be sentenced to prison or to a juvenile facility until the age of 21. Then he has to be let go. So he would only serve four years for murder whether he killed one‚ two‚ three or five people. Most people feel that a three‚

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    Is it fair to trial 15 year old kids as an adult‚ even though there are young and don’t know better. Kids should not be tried as an adult for committing crimes they should be sent to rehabilitation. Our Legal system should attempt to rehabilitate juvenile offenders. The human brain does not fully develop until the age of 25. For example Adnan was 17 years old when he was tried and sent to jail‚ but if you look at him know he has gotten awards for good behavior. This example shows that people could

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