Juveniles should not be tried the same way as adults are for the crimes they commit to a certain degree. For many kids being a juvenile delinquent isn’t even entirely their fault. Juveniles also just aren’t at the right mindset to be going to prisons at young ages. There are other courses of action that can be taken to help the troubled child out other then locking them up like adults. A juvenile is a child under the age of 18 but in some states the maximum age is 16 (find law)‚ a juvenile delinquent
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In my opinion‚ I think that the teens should be tried and convicted as adult. In most juvenile systems throughout the country‚ the juvenile courts lose the power to young person at age 21. For example if a 17-year-old teenager murder and is convicted of that murder‚ he can only be sentenced to prison or to a juvenile facility until the age of 21. Then he has to be let go. So he would only serve four years for murder whether he killed one‚ two‚ three or five people. Most people feel that a three‚
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disability or a situation that might be threatening that child’s life. Children have been tried as adults as young as thirteen years old. At the ages of one to fifteen the murder would have to be a very clear intention of murder to try the child as an adult. No one person’s crime is the same as another‚ therefore no one should be tried the same. Minors‚ depending on their situation could be tried as adults. Children going through adolescence have emotional instability‚ me being a child going through
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Is it fair to trial 15 year old kids as an adult‚ even though there are young and don’t know better. Kids should not be tried as an adult for committing crimes they should be sent to rehabilitation. Our Legal system should attempt to rehabilitate juvenile offenders. The human brain does not fully develop until the age of 25. For example Adnan was 17 years old when he was tried and sent to jail‚ but if you look at him know he has gotten awards for good behavior. This example shows that people could
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Final : Question #1 A juvenile being tried as an adult is a very sensitive and controversial issue over the past years. There has been a significant increase in the number of juvenile offenders being tried in adult courts for serious crimes. Juveniles should be tried as adults depending on the seriousness of the crime that they commit. There are many factors that contribute to juvenile courts and to what extent a juvenile should be tried as an adult. The juvenile justice system was intended
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do the time”. But does that apply to children. Should children be tried as adults?. While some people praise this as a means of stopping young offenders before they start on a “career” of crime‚ others find it very inappropriate and unjust. This paper will examine questions‚ pros and cons of whether children should be tried as adults. Discussion I will view both sides to whether children should be tried as adults. The rate of murders by juveniles and children has skyrocketed across the country
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murder. The court wanted to try Michael as an adult because he had committed a serious crime‚ and people have had different opinions about it. Trying teenagers as adults is an issue that many people have been debating on‚ and it still receives attention today. Yet‚ teenagers are different from adults. If a teen commits a crime‚ he or she should not be tried as an adult because they do not have a fully developed brain‚ they could commit suicide when put in adult prison‚ and they could have lifelong barriers
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* Should teenagers be tried as adults? Opinions differ. Some people argue that teenagers don’t know what they are doing when they commit a crime and are still too young to comprehend what is right and wrong. I totally disagree. I am old enough to know that committing a crime is wrong and that if I commit one‚ I will be punished. Anyone who says teens can’t tell right from wrong is either too old to remember what being a teenager is like or they are a teenager who has committed a crime and don’t want
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Kimberly Diaz Professor Garagliano COMM 101 Should minors who commit serious crimes be charged as an adult? I. Introduction A. Attention getter: “Old enough to do the crime‚ old enough to do the time” B. Credibility: It’s not fair how a minor that commits a serious crime can‚ in a way‚ walk away and be given a second chance or even a third chance‚ which in other areas if an adult committed that same crime they can be locked away for years or even life. C. Relevance: In less than a year
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when they are tried as adults. Their brains are not as developed as adults. Their sense of right and wrong is different than adults. Teens take time to develop and can easily be treated in rehabilitation. They are not as adults‚ so they simply shouldn’t be tried as one. Everyone makes mistakes‚ especially teen kids. Juveniles should be able to get help and be taught the right way. Most teens do not think about their consequences of their actions as adults do. Juveniles tried as adults were more likely
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