as young as 14 are being tried as adults in the adult court system and are sentenced to life in prison. These children are being tried as an adult for committing heinous crimes. These children are serving life sentences in prison that they do not deserve. They should al have the chance of rehabilitation no matter what crime they committed At that age they are still able to learn that what they did was wrong and change their ways. I believe that juveniles should not be in the adult court system and
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good and bad even though their parents could have been a bad influence. Teens today are not frightened by the law‚ which gets them to commit serious crimes. Even though they are aware of consequences‚ they are aware of their age and know they have a good chance of getting away with a crime. Therefore‚ teenagers found guilty of heinous crimes should be tried as an
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Youth Tried As Adults: Justice or Misguided Justification? When juveniles are exposed to state penitentiaries and sentences up to life in prison without parole‚ do these adolescents learn anything or even achieve the ability to fully understand the crimes they have committed? The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s research indicates that the prefrontal cortex‚ the part of the brain that contributes to a person’s judgment and reasoning‚ is not fully developed until a person reaches his or her
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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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Juveniles Tried As Adults Many kids age sixteen and under are considered juveniles by the court of law. In my opinion juveniles should be tried as adults for committing unlawful actions. Juveniles are mostly troubled kids who need psychological help but it leaves no room for excuses regarding their actions. There are many reasons why they should be tried as adults starting with the fact that they have already committed a crime and chances are they will do it again‚ because they shouldn’t be let
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Should minors who commit violent crimes be tried as adults? Sylvia B. McCrorey Strayer University Professor Catherine Cousar Research & Writing October 17‚ 2012 INTRODUCTION: The reason I selected this topic is because I feel that today’s generation of youth and children have been led mainly because of peer pressure which sometimes cause them to make bad choices. This usually causes minors to do some things that are wrong before they think about the consequences
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Children Should Be Tried As Adults You walk into a court room‚ and the person clearly committed the crime they are being prosecuted for. This person is normal‚ they can think straight‚ they know what they did was wrong. But all they get is a slap on the wrist and are set free. A child/teenager who commits a crime is guilty. It is as simple as that‚ you should be punished for whatever you did no matter how old you are. Juvenile criminals must‚ and should be tried as adults. There are many reasons
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juvenile offenders be tried‚ sentenced‚ and jailed as adults? : On the topic of Juvenile offenders being tried‚ sentenced and jailed as adults‚ Researcher and Journalist Mike Allen claims that “report after report have concluded that trying teens as adults does nothing to deter crime -- and that sending teens to adult prison makes them more likely to become repeat offenders”. While I agree that sentencing a youth offender to a term of punishment to be carried out with adult offenders may continue
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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 to be tried as
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Should Children be Tried as Adults? | Rick Penor 5/12/2010 | Juvenile Justice: Should children be tried as adults? Are youth capable of fully understanding the consequences that their actions may cause or are they mentally incapable of processing that information? Juveniles commit crimes just like adults. Sometimes the crimes they commit are heinous‚ but does that mean they are no longer a child? I believe there may be special cases when a youth should be tried as an adult‚ but in most cases
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