Children Tried As Adults Essay

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 crime they do adult crime, and it could have an affect on other children or kids that are thinking about committing a crime. Some say, “Punishing children as adults, some say, serves valuable purposes. First, it serves as a deterrent to other kids who might commit murder or other serious crimes. The
“In evidence presented as an amicus curiae (friend of the court), the National Institute for Crime Prevention and the Reintegration of Offenders (Nicro), scientific research shows that people under the age of 18 are less capable of "mature and socially responsible decision-making than adults." In my opinion they are wrong because if children are able to make choices they should take ownership for them and be tried like everyone else who makes mistakes. The reason why some say that children shouldn’t be tried as adults is because many big organizations agree or think this as well. In conclusion children should be tried as adults. Children who have done violent adult like crime should be tried as adults and serve adult time. Especially if it similar to the Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden school shooting event. This is one of many reasons why children should be tried as adults. If children are capable of making their own decision to commit violent adults like actions they should take ownership and be tried as