2600 Dr. Taylor 09th March 2016 Should Juveniles be tried as adults? In 2010‚ juveniles committed 8% of homicides. (PBS 2014) When it comes to trying juveniles as adults‚ many people think that this is too harsh of a punishment for young criminals‚ but others think that they should get what they deserve. There is a famous saying “do the crime‚ do the time”. Our society tends to think that juveniles do not have the mental‚ and physical stabilities that adults do. Over the years‚ our society has
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persons murder by a juvenile they often side with the idea they should not. To those who have known someone who has they often declare that they should. There is evidence to support both sides but it is truly a personal decision. Should juveniles be tried as adults‚ I would go as far as to say that it depends on the circumstances. From personal experience I have had friends killed by Juveniles and had acquaintances tried as both adults and juveniles. This is a very touchy subject to all. There is
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As of June 2012‚ juveniles who committed murder could not be sentenced to life in prison because it violates the eighth amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment‚however justices argue that mandatory sentences reflected the will of American society that heinous crimes committed by juveniles should be punished by life in prison.Juveniles should not be treated like adults because their brain is not fully developed. Juveniles are still immature and they are still risk taking and learning self
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A child that commits a serious crime should not be tried as an adult due to a lack of brain development in adolescents. According to Laurence Steinberg‚ a psychology professor at Temple University‚ “Brain systems implicated in basic cognitive processes reach adult levels of maturity by mid-adolescence‚ whereas those that are active in self-regulation do not fully mature until late adolescence or even early adulthood.” As an individual gets older‚ so do things like their brain‚ and body. According
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1250 Argument Essay Should Juveniles be tried as Adults? Juveniles are children who fall under the age of eighteen and have committed a crime. Since they are so young it plays a part in the decision of whether they will placed in a trail that an adult will be placed under or not. The age of the person who commits the crime is the reason why juvenile delinquency punishments are less harsh at times then if an adult would’ve committed the same crime. I feel that if a crime is harsh enough than a
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life in prison for a crime you either committed or were just in the wrong place at the wrong time . In today’s society juveniles get put into prison for life for crimes usually pertaining to adults. Therefore should they be tried as adults ? The answer that i strongly believe is yes because a crime is a crime no matter who committed it because you can’t go around just killing people and getting away with it just for being under aged. Committing a murder and it’s a federal crime and the punishment i
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a punishment when they are broken. The same should apply‚ if a juvenile is to commit a heinous crime like homicide or first-degree murder‚ they should be tried and sentenced for the crime. Therefore‚ I do agree that juveniles should be tried as an adult when they commit the same crimes as that of an adult. When it comes to charging juveniles as adults‚ it always start a controversial argument. Many people say that juvenile shouldn’t be charged as adults because “they are just kids” or “they didn’t
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juvenile court treatment. Not only in California are juveniles being tried as adults‚ but other places as well. Young people are being sent away to adult prisons that most likely “Have nothing to gain‚ or nothing to lose” (Coleman). Juvenile offenders should not be treated as adults because they have a time set aside for learning and growing‚ and they are still doing just that. Also‚ they don ’t have the responsibilities of full-grown adults‚ and still depend on their parents to provide for them. There
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How can they possibly be tried as adults‚ when they are physically incapable of thinking like one? Juveniles are not allowed to drink‚ drive‚ get married‚ and if they sign legal contracts‚ their signatures are invalid. Why? Because adolescents are physically incapable of making mature‚ responsible‚ well-processed decisions; and this isn’t just because of lack of inexperience in life. Adolescent brains are not fully developed until at least the age of 20. They lack the prefrontal cortex‚ the lobe
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waiting to get out‚ but in reality knowing you will have to be there your whole life‚ for committing a crime at an age when you were unintelligent‚ and impulsive. Prison then becomes the only life you will know‚ and see. Sending Children and Teenagers to life in prison‚ and trying them as adults means that we as people and a society have given up on these young people. The Teens and Children serving adult sentences now‚ have no future to look forward to‚ and now cannot change and become active members
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