When it comes to trying teens in court as adults. Some say stop trying them as adults and try them as juveniles‚ others say they must be tried as adults when they commit adult crimes‚ such as‚ murder‚ and rape. I believe that juveniles should be held accountable for their actions and tried as adults because first of all everybody knows right from wrong‚ second of all‚ families and victims deserve justice‚ and third of all‚ serving the sentence can change the person for the better. Teens‚ kids‚
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your family‚ do you think juveniles should be charged as adults? I believe juveniles should not be tried as an adult. My primary reason is because they have the ability to be rehabilitated. Second‚ there are many dangers associated with juveniles in prison. Lastly‚ the harsh sentencing laws make it easier to try juveniles as adults. The Juvenile Justice System was founded on principal that children are different from adults‚ and therefore should focus on rehabilitation‚ not punishment
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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 is fed by media stories that all but ignore the existence of young offenders who are female. Most
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Juveniles accused of serious offences should be tried in adults courts‚ rather than in Juvenile Courts. Discuss the prosecution and consequence of such statement. Introduction First and foremost‚ from a historical view juveniles delinquency and its process are recently developed‚ even the idea of childhood and adolescence. Juvenile delinquency is an offense done by youths. In U.S. jurisdiction youths are considered between the age of 7 and 18 while delinquent statutes provide a specific age.
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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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they commit a crime. As soon as someo ne under the age of 18 violates the law‚ it seems completely rational to treat them as adults. According to the U.S. Department of Justice‚ some juvenile cases get transferred to adult criminal court through a process
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Should children who committed violent crimes be tried as adults? Children should be tried as adults because they need to take responsibility for their adult like criminal actions. Children who commit adult crimes should serve adult crime. Some disagree with this because they may feel bad or think children shouldn’t be in jail‚ or jail isn’t the place for prison. Well that may be the case but not for the children who commit the crimes. Children should be tried a s adults because if they do adult
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Abstract Through many different sources of research‚ I have come with a strong argument that states that juvenile delinquents should be treated as teenagers and not as an adult. Many will argue that everyone should be treated the same but evidence shows that courts have always treated crimes by a case to case study. Introduction In the law‚ a juvenile is defined as a person who is not old enough to be held responsible for criminal acts. In most states the normal age is 18. In Wyoming a juvenile is
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Juveniles Tried as Adults “The only effective way to reduce and prevent juvenile crime is to balance tough enforcement measures with targeted‚ effective and intervention initiatives.” Juveniles are children and children don’t know any better and obviously make mistakes. They don’t expect to be caught after committing a serious crime. Juveniles brains are not fully developed until they are 25‚ but young people recognize them as adults at the age of 18. About 25‚000 children a year have their cases
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Did you know that cultures like Judaism consider 13-year-old boys and 12-year-old girls as adults? Many people consider teenagers as adults at different times. Teens can be considered as adult at multiple ages including 16 18 and 21. Teenagers should be considered as adults at 21 when they have all the rights that a full-grown person has. Teens are usually considered as adults once they are allowed to drive and vote. This is because by the time you have all these rights your body is usually
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