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    act should be charged as adults because their act is not a juvenile offense‚ they are rarely diagnosed with a mental disorder and blank. A juvenile offender is a person who is not the age of 18 who has committed a crime. These crimes are more often than not minor in manor. A juvenile offense‚ for example‚ is breaking into cars‚ beating up a classmate‚ stealing from a store‚ possession of marijuana etc. According to Global Youth Justice.org‚ murder or manslaughter is not in the top 25 juvenile offenses

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    patients aggrieved by deficiencies in medical services rendered for payment can claim damages Should doctors be tried in consumer courts? This issue requires much debate‚ a lot of questioning‚ also a lot of introspection. But before we do that‚ let me ask‚ why do we limit ourselves to consumer courts?? Why are we afraid to move to criminal courts if the quantum of crime is culpable enough to be tried only in criminal courts?? When I say this‚ I wish to emphasize on the point that doctors are after

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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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    America. At 18‚ a person legally becomes an "adult". A person can now buy cigarettes or a home‚ vote‚ and even get married. In addition‚ from their 18th birthday and beyond‚ the young person is no longer tried for crimes in juvenile courts; now‚ they are tried in adult courts. But‚ does one or two years make such a difference between sixteen year olds and eighteen year olds? Is it fair for one person‚ just seventeen years of age‚ to be tried in a juvenile court‚ receiving a lesser sentence for murder

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    whole life? Ethan Couch is a reckless teenager who drove while intoxicated and high‚ killing four people and injuring eleven the process. Ethan Couch should be tried as an adult with a reduced sentence because of the severity of the crime‚ it is in the best interest for him and society and also he could change. Ethan Couch should be tried with an adult sentence because of the extreme severity and pure calamity caused by his crime. Ethan‚ drunken‚ apparently just coming from a party at his own private

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    them. Imagine if the last time you saw your younger sibling/cousin you saw them‚ you see them getting escorted into a big metal cage and you watch as the door slams right in their little faces. It would be awful seeing that. Kids under the age of 16 should not go to jail‚ even if they do commit the heinous of crimes‚ because they are children. Adolescents are old enough to understand the difference between right and wrong‚ but they are too young to make the right choices yet. As Laurence Steinberg‚

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    Advantages and Disadvantages of Juveniles Being Tried As Adults Records show that courts with juvenile jurisdiction disposed more than 1.3 million delinquency cases in 2010. However‚ according to the website of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention‚ data gathered from 1996 to 2014 shows a 65% decrease in the number of juvenile crimes committed by adolescents aged 10-17. Despite these numbers‚ it is still a sad reality that there are still too many adolescents who are commiting

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    A juvenile is a young person who are below the age of 18 accused. Based on some cases‚ they should also be considered as an adult. In June 25‚ 2012; the Supreme Court has made a ruling that juveniles who commit murders cannot be given life in prison. Four justices strongly disagree to this ruling saying how juveniles should always be punished for their crimes from how heinous they are. In my opinion‚ I believe that juveniles should not receive life in prison under certain circumstances. A family’s

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    is the juvenile crime. According to Federal Bureau of Investigation (2002)‚ 1.5 million youths under age 18 are arrested each year for crimes. These youth will enter the juvenile justice system in which its existence is opposed by certain states. The Juvenile justice system should be abolished because the cost of this system is high‚ it is a false premises and rehabilitation cannot prevent the offenders from committing the crimes in the future. One reason the juvenile justice system should be abolished

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    Do you believe that kids who commit heinous crimes should be sent to life in prison regardless of age? The Supreme Court ruled that they shouldn’t because it violated the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Other justices strongly disagree with this claim because they say that anybody that commits heinous crimes should be sent to life in prison even if it’s a juvenile. From my point of view‚ I believe that juveniles should not be sentenced to life in prison. First‚ when it comes

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