for a violent crime is seventeen years old or less‚ although kids ages five to seventeen represent only 15.5 percent of the population.”Juvenile Offenders are classified by most legal systems in Western nations as people who have not reached the age of majority‚ which is the legal definition for the threshold of adulthood.”The age that is considered as an adult in most of the U.S. is 18 years old.And some states the age considered for adults in the legal system is as young as 14 for a violent crime
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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 (humans under the age of 18) who commit violent crimes should be tried as adults. Everyday children are arrested for violent crimes and only sentenced for a short period of time‚ but at the same time you are giving adults life in prison for the same crime. Sometimes the children only get about 1 year then letting them walk the streets again? Who knows if they are going to commit another violent crime. According to the Justice Department about 10 percent of all murders are committed by children
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considered adults: in other states‚ they are tried as juveniles”‚ which proves the large controversy on the subject of juveniles being tried as adults within the United States (“Locked up: should teens be tried as adults?”). The judicial system has the choice of their fate‚ yet some adolescence who commit crimes are not treated fairly under the law due to their age. Adolescence who commit murder‚ and other violent crimes within the United States‚ should be tried on equal grounds as adults‚ because
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minors are committing violent crimes‚ the question of whether they should be tried as adults is on the rise. Children as young as 13 or 14 are committing violent crimes such as murder‚ rape‚ and armed robbery. Some of these children are being tried as adults while others are being tried as juveniles and receiving milder punishments. A juvenile offender may receive a few years in a juvenile detention facility and possibly probation following his release at age eighteen. An adult committing the same
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exposed multiple times? Should everyone be tried fairly excluding age difference? A 14-year-old boy‚ Joshua Smith‚ shot his mother to death as she slept on the couch.Only because he wasn’t allowed to hang with gangs and bring females over anymore.Joshua Smith wasn’t tried as an adult because he was under age and they felt for him. So let’s say you were that child mother would you want your son to walk free over your death. Should children who commit violent crimes be tried as adults? Every 10.11 seconds
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English 5/6 Period 4 Should children who commit violent crimes be tried as adults? Teenagers who commit crimes as adults should be given the same punishment as adults mainly because kids and adults should know the difference between right and wrong. Many may make mistakes but both adults and kids know what is right and what is wrong but still decide to do it. People believe we should give teens an easier sentence but some consequences that can happen if people decide to give teens an easier sentence
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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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murder. The shooter was sixteen. Teens being charged as adults doesn’t happen very often in the U.S. According to ojjdp.gov‚ for every 100‚000 minors between ten and seventeen‚ 157 of them commit violent crimes about. That’s 34‚650 teens who commit violent crimes such as this every year. Teens should be charged as adults for violent crimes because violent crimes are adult crimes‚ the victims suffer‚ and They aren’t safe in this world alone. Violent crimes are adult crimes. No matter who the person is
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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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