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    simplistic rhetoric. It’s also wrong. While young people must be held accountable for serious crimes‚ the juvenile justice system exists for precisely that purpose. Funneling more youth into the adult system does no good and much harm. Juveniles are not adults‚ and saying so doesn’t make it so. Besides‚ we don’t really mean it: When we try them in criminal court‚ we don’t deem them adults for other purposes‚ such as voting and drinking. We know they’re still minors — they’re developmentally less

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    preferential treatment towards juveniles is justified. This is because juveniles are in the process of puberty‚ and are mentally under developed. Juveniles are after all still legally dependant on their parents‚ and therefore the blame for committing crimes should be on their guardians. Besides these‚ juveniles tend to have a higher chance and ability to go through rehabilitation compared to adults‚ thus rehabilitative methods are preferentially used in juvenile courts as a substitution for jail terms

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    that juveniles should not be charged as adults‚ even if the crime they committed is considered a ´tragedy´ and is thought to be ´horrid´. But we should not try juveniles as adults for many reasons. Three of these reasons are that legally‚ they are not of adult age‚ their brains have not developed‚ and() First of all‚ articles from jjei.com say that it is not fair that society does not

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    Johnequeva Brice Ms. Harvey ENC1101 November 2013 Should Juvenile Offenders Be Sentenced and Jailed as Adults? Life is so precious‚ almost too precious. We want to deal with each moment of life with gentle care; we cannot get these moments back once we’ve passed them‚ and humans are only given the opportunity to live life once. What we chose to do with our lives is an individual choice‚ completely optional‚ and one of the most life impacting decisions we will ever make. Unfortunately‚ everyone

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     Should a Juvenile Be Tried as an Adult For a Violent Crime? Did you ever ponder that if a juvenile should be tried as an adult? In my opinion‚ I believe a juvenile should not be tried as an adult. For example‚ they can change themselves. Though‚ juveniles should not be tried as an adult since their brain isn’t fully developed yet so they can’t comprehend the consequences fully‚ in other words children are not mature enough to be adults. Also juveniles should not be tried as an adult since they

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    29‚ 2012 Should Juveniles be tried as Adults? There are many controversies that surround juveniles being rehabilitated rather than going through the adult justice system‚ but studies show that juveniles are not fully developed to be tried as an adult. One of the main questions that it always boils down to is “should juveniles be tried as adults?” in my opinion juveniles should not be tried as adults because of their age. First‚ I believe that juveniles should not be tried as adults because their mentalities

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    Juvenile criminals should be tried as adults. The use of mandatory minimum sentences for specific crimes does not effectively deter crime. Prisons in the United States exist primarily to educate and rehabilitate criminals. Capital Punishment

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    Juvenile Delinquency and Adult Crimes Not long ago‚ juveniles were expected to behave and act as any adult would. This extended to obeying laws where juveniles were viewed as adults and were subject to the same rules and regulations as adults. There was no separation of juvenile crime and adult crime and the law made no distinction based on the age of the offender. Whoever committed a crime‚ regardless of age‚ were given a certain consequence for their actions. It wasn’t until the 1900’s when the

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    Should Juvenile be tried and punished as adults? Juvenile delinquency is the habitual committing of criminal acts or offense by a young person‚ especially one below the age at which ordinary criminal prosecution is possible. It is the most top trend in criminal judicial system in today’s society. There are pros and cons to the situation of the crime juvenile commits. This will determine whether they should be tried as an adult or not. When children are young they can make some huge mistakes that

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    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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