Analysis: Should Juvenile Offenders Be Tried As Adults

Imagine you were caught committing homicide because you were given the orders to do so by Tracy Self from the Sipping Tea Gang. In class, we have been reading and watching videos about juveniles who were charged and not charge as adults. Especially juveniles who are under the age of 18 who have committed serious crimes. We have read two articles in the class titled should young murder suspect be tried as adults and young killers who stay in juvenile court take vastly different paths. In class we also watched three videos that also talked about juveniles who were and were not charged as adults in murder trials called young killers who stay in juvenile court take vastly different paths”, “should juveniles be incarcerated with adults”, and

In video one, Bryson Ashford Is a free man, who is starting a career as a rapper in Porter, Texas. Bryson was charged as a juvenile in connection with the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old gas station worker in 2003. He served a five year three month today and for our sentence, Bryson was charged as a juvenile in connection with the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old gas station worker in 2003. He served a five year three-month two-day four-hour sentence. Since he is now free he is trying to better himself because he knows that if he gets into any trouble with the law he will go to jail and have a long and brutal sentence. In article one, it states “ there are several people that I represented back in the early 90s that are out, you know, and doing pretty well”. People who have done time are really trying to do well in life since many have lost half of their life in jail. Many people may say that once you leave prison your mindset is still set up as a criminal which is not entirely true because many people will leave do you want to do better and show others that they can do exactly what they can do to but they just need a little

Why don’t we always give them that push? Juveniles who commit murder sometimes need a push to recover from having a criminal mindset. Kids who have done wrong need to understand and know what they have done wrong so they can fix their mistakes. In article one it states “ feels it’s possible to rehabilitate most kids, even those who commit murder”. People who do wrong especially kids still have a chance to do well which is why we shouldn’t charge juveniles as adults in murder trials, because they still can rehabilitate rehabilitate them selve people who do wrong especially kids still have a chance to rehabilitate themselves video to it talks about how juvenile’s brains are still able to change and take more information since they are still young and can still be rehabilitated. In the video it talks about how juvenile’s brains are still manualbal until age 20 and up. The idea of rehabilitation is a good thing because it’s giving someone a second chance to show you who they really are and how they can grow and become a better person. Many times people underestimate the power of rehabilitation that’s only if you will take the chance to rehabilitate themselves. While many don’t take that the offer at all. People who are locked up for life aren’t giving the chance to really read about that themselves because many of them are incarcerated for life without The possibility of parole which does it all album to rehabilitate