Children under 18 years old, should be tried as adults or juvenile? Kids tried as juvenile will have a life, kids who are tried, as adults will spend most of their lives in jail. Judging on children as adults or not will stand on how big the crime is and on how smart the child is. Some children are children mature, they are young in age but their brains are very active and i mature. Children become violent and aggressive because the media, on the television there are always fighting, killing and stealing. Unconsciously the child will copy what he or she is watching on the television. Most of the children nowadays watch television without parents being around, because the parents are busy working, cooking or chatting on Facebook with their friends. Thus, the child will have no idea of what is right and what is wrong, and so they will turn into …show more content…
Juveniles are young kids who are not responsible for their actions and they copy what they see. Beside, their parents are mistaken for not watching their kids and advising them. If their parents advised their kids, they would of never committed any crime. Juveniles are those kids who are under age of 18; according to society they are judged to be not responsible and old enough. Criminal adults are people who are 18 years old and above. They are responsible for their actions and they plan before they commit the crime; they also know that its wrong and they will be tried for it. The juveniles neither do plan for committing a crime nor knowing that they will be tried for committing a crime. In criminal adults court the judge doesn’t look at the age of the criminal, he looks straight through the evidence. It would be a bit unfair to do that for a child who is under 18 years old, to be judged through evidence without looking at the age. Since the child is not mature enough, the judge should be lenient and give young kids a second