Juveniles Should Be Tried As Adults Essay

I don’t think that violent juveniles should be tried as adults. Because when they’re tried as adults they can get the death sentence or life in prison. It is unfair for even the most violent juvenile to have to spend the rest of his or her life in prison or even face death row. The idea of teenagers and younger children spending the rest of their lives in prison or go on to death row is saddening to most people who hear their cases ( When Kids Get Life).
Most cases of juvenile violence occur in troubled households or in abusive relationships. For example if the juvenile in question was abused mentally, physically, and or sexually then finally has had enough to snap and kill his parents (Jacob Ind; When Kids Get Life). Another example is the kid at school that everyone bullies and makes fun of where they then snap and you see the school shootings. Even though these kids committed murder you have to have some understanding or sympathy for them, because of what they had to go through before the crime they committed. I do believe that the juveniles should go to prison but I don’t think that lives in prison or the death penalty are appropriate sentences for juveniles. I don’t think that those are appropriate sentences because they then have no life to live even with life in prison they
I don’t think that a teenager or a younger child deserves the death sentence or a life sentence. Even if they do a violent crime I think that 30-50 years is sufficient for a case of juvenile murder like Jacob Ind from the video where his step father abused him physically and sexually for years before he finally snapped ( Jacob Ind ; When Kids Get Life). Even if the sentence is longer I don’t think that he would deserve the life sentence. He was just a teenager when sent to prison, and now he won’t know anything else but prison and how he murdered his mother and