Article Rebuttal - Children Should Never Be Tried as Adults Dena Cox BCOM/275 March 24‚ 2013 Lynda Sohl Article Rebuttal – Children Should Never Be Tried as Adults Article controversial subject: Should children be tried as adults? Robert Schwartz is the co-founder of the Juvenile Law Center in 1975 and has been the executive director there since 1982. This is a nonprofit public interest law firm that ensures the youths in foster care and justice systems are treated fairly and have the
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Adult Crime‚ Adult Time A good argument needs not only logic and clear evidence‚ but also the establishment of a personal connection to the reader. In 1998‚ the Washington Post article “ Adult Crime‚ Adult Time” by Linda J.Collier is a well-created problem solution argument that almost fits this definition of a good argument. In this article‚ Collier argues that children who knowingly engage in adult conduct and crime should be punished as adults. Overall I agree with Collier’s argument
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juvenile system and the adult system. However‚ recently the boundaries for these two systems are growing weaker as serious juvenile offenders are getting tried in adult court. Juveniles are not authorized to drink alcohol‚ sign a document‚ gamble at a casino or vote till they are an adult. Regardless to the crime they have committed‚ a juvenile is a juvenile and an adult is an adult‚ therefore sixteen year olds should not be tried in adult court. Sixteen year olds being tried in adult court is wrong because
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06 August 2013 Juvenile Crime In “Adult Crimes‚ Adult Time‚” published in the Washington Post on March 29‚ 1998‚ Linda J. Collier argues about the juvenile laws and her principal argument shows that children should serve the same time as adults when they commit adult crimes. Collier provides some statistics and examples (Jonesboro shooting‚ Daily City shooting‚ and her experience with a particular girl) that support her position regarding the information of the article. The diversity of laws among
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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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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 bad path. Everybody makes mistakes but doesn’t mean they all should get a punishment that makes them suffer for the rest of their life. Researches
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reasons why people are rejected in society even after they have completed their term of punishment. The article “Stop labelling people who commit crimes criminals”‚ by Kimberly Brownlee (2017) talks about the unfairness of labeling people according
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old girls accused of plotting and attempting to kill a classmate in order to please a fictional character will be tried as adults. This decision came about because of the seriousness of the crime and because the court felt that if‚ convicted and sentenced in the juvenile courts that the girls would not receive long-term mental health treatment. However‚ does prosecuting them as adults really allow for their mental health needs to be addressed or is it rather a way to appease the public with a “get
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People commit crimes for various reasons. These various reasons got to do with social‚ economic‚ and cultural reason. These factors trigger an individual to do criminal activities. Social reasons are peer pressure‚ and school failure. Economic reasons are poverty. Cultural reasons are hatred. The combination of these factors is behind a person who commits crimes. To start with‚ people commit crime because of social reasons. The social reasons are poor parenting skills‚ peer influence‚ drugs
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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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