Our "Messed Up" Juvenile Law System

Nowadays, the topic of the Juvenile law system is a very controversial as well as difficult discussion to have. For every court case, trial, and scenario, there are many different circumstances that may affect the outcome. Due to the seriousness of their crimes or even their past offenses, juvenile criminals can sometimes be tried as adults. Personally, in the beginning of this assignment, I could see both sides of the argument. There are many reasons why children under the age of 18 should be tried as children, however, there are more proficient reasons as to why we should do away with juvenile court. Many of my peers do not think this, however, they are keen on keeping children tried as children. I truly cannot fathom the “good” that this is doing though. I believe that juvenile offenders should be trialed as adults because they were mature enough to make the decision to commit a crime, they need to be held responsible for their destructive actions, and statistics have shown that when given the chance, juvenile criminals do not complete the rehabilitation needed to enter back into society. The main reason most of my peers want children tried as children is for their safety. I have a simple solution for this though. If they are convicted, they should be brought to a juvenile housing block. This block should be inside an adult penitentiary but should be separate from adult offenders. This is primarily for the safety of those who may not be able to defend themselves against the larger adult inmates. An example of this type of jail is the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility located in Terre Haute, Indiana. This correctional facility is one that keeps its juvenile and adult inmates in separate buildings. This allows the juvenile i...

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...at the whole Law system is screwed up. And then there are the Anarchists. All I have to say to them is to look at the facts. The law system is definitely not perfect but without out it where would we be. And then there are the Anarchists. Honestly, the juvenile system needs to be diminished. All offenders need to be persecuted at adults. This is the only way we can ever get any criminal back to being a productive member of society. I am a kid and most think that I would want to keep our system this way, but without my solution, the people that were competent enough to commit a crime will no longer be considered competent at all, criminals will get off of their crime because they are “too young”, and our juveniles will continue to disrespect all of the rehabilitation opportunities we are throwing at them. And I say to you, without my system…there go the Anarchists.