If a teenager is charged with a serious crime she or he should be tried as an adult. Yes and no the reason I say yes is because some stuff they should be like let's say you steal something they should be charged the same. Now the reason I say no is because let's say a 12 year old kid is playing and then pushes his sister and she falls down the stairs. She then dies, he gets charged with that yes, he should but it should not be the same punishment as a person of the age of 18. Now lets say a 16 year old had no reason to shoot 40 people and kill them, I think that he should go to jail and be charged as any old person. For all that I think he should have the death penalty. Let's say a kid brings a knife to school and he carries it everywhere
he goes and no one can see it nor do they know he has it. I think that if an adult had one in their class they should be charged for the same thing. The reason is for that they know not to do that if you have a knife you more than likely bought it so there for you have full control over what happens with that knife. Let's say a guy gets in a fight with a kid over something stupid. As in a video game and they guy is like you better hope I don't find you so the kid is like yeah whatever I'm in newton meet me somewhere what you gonna do about it. They meet up the kid has a knife stabs the guy. This would not off happen if one of them would've become the bigger person and not fight over something so dumb. I think they should both be charged the kid as being an adult because of what he did over something like that. Another reason why I say that is because of the if they think they can get out of something just because of their age, their gonna take advantage of that and use is and then they're gonna get away and not learn anything. Then when they are of age their gonna do something and get in trouble and use that as an excuse. Therefore if you got charged for the same thing as an adult as long as you are over the age of 14 I think you should be charged the same as an adult.
Reaves, Jessica. ¨Should the Law Treat Kids and Adults Differently?¨ Time.com, Time Inc, 17 May 2001 content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,110232,00.html.
With the current crime rates on the rise, the justice system is trying to reduce adult criminals by strictly prosecuting juvenile offenders as adults. Many people believe that in doing so will scare the criminals back on the straight path and help to lower the crime rate. Trying a juvenile as an adult will have no effect on reducing crimes, corrective behaviors, or a juvenile’s comprehension ability.
The decision of whether young criminals should be tried in juvenile courts or adult courts has created a lot of controversy throughout the years. Juveniles should be tried as juveniles. The ones who are tried as adults often undergo a very harsh punishment, considering the fact that they are very young. Being tried according to their age is fairer.
Many people assume that teenagers should not be sentenced as adults, because their brain is not fully developed. On the other hand, people believe if teenagers commit crimes then they need to have consequences for their actions. According to the Campaign for Youth Justices, about 250,000 teenagers are tried, sentenced, or incarcerated as adults every year in the United States (Campaign for Youth Justices 3). Therefore, charging teenagers as adults is fair, because they are human beings just like adults.
If children are too young to vote, drink alcohol, drive, and go watch rated R movies, why should they be tried as adults? It has always been an issue if whether an adolescent, under the age of eighteen, convicted of violent crimes should be tried as an adult or not. There are children as young as eleven years old that are being sent to adult prisons (Krikorian 2003). In such cases the jury does not take into consideration the fact that they are too young to stand trial, their brains are not fully developed, and that they are capable of rehabilitating.
There has always been controversies as to whether juvenile criminals should be tried as adults or not. Over the years more and more teenagers have been involved in committing crimes. In some cases the juries have been too rough on the teens. Trying teens as adults can have a both positive and negative views. For example, teens that are detained can provide information about other crimes, can have an impact in social conditions, and serve as experience; however, it can be negative because teens are still not mature enough for that experience, they are exposed to adult criminals; and they will lose out on getting an education.
Do you think juveniles should be held responsible for their actions? For many years, children have been sentenced to death without trial. Young people are not capable of making rational decisions. Hence, children are restricted from doing many things. For instance, children under the age eighteen are not allowed by law to vote, and work for a certain number of hours. However, when it comes to sentencing children as adults to the death penalty, it is not illegal. If children are viewed differently from adults by law, then why is that not the case when being trialed? Moreover, children are not yet matured to receive such punishments. Likewise, juveniles should not be sentenced to death, because they are still
Is it fair to give juveniles life sentences? On June 25 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that juveniles who committed murder could not be sentenced to life in prison because it violates the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Justice Elena Kagan, writing for the majority, stated that “Mandatory life without parole for a juvenile precludes consideration of his chronological age and its hallmark features- among them, immaturity, impetuosity, and failure to appreciate the risks and consequences. It prevents taking into account the family and home environment that surrounds him and from which he cannot usually extricate himself no matter how brutal or dysfunctional.” Juveniles should not be sentenced to life in prison or adult jail until legal age. Due to the facts that many are still young and aren’t over eighteen.
Should kids be tried and convicted as adults? Right now, kids as young as 8 and 9 years old are being sent to adult prisons for the remainder of their lives.
Juveniles deserve to be tried the same as adults when they commit certain crimes. The justice systems of America are becoming completely unjust and easy to break through. Juvenile courts haven’t always been known to the everyday person.
"Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time." -- David Grusin and Morgan Ames Much controversy exists on the question of whether a juvenile criminal should be punished to the same extent as an adult. Those who commit capital crimes, including adolescents, should be penalized according to the law. Age should not be a factor in the case of serious crimes.
once the minor has committed a violent crime, they are no longer a kid. The minor had the ability to know right from wrong, but he still chose to commit the heinous crime anyway. Choosing to commit this violent crime means that the minor chose to act as an adult and must be held accountable. Once the minor has made the decision to act as an adult, they must be treated as an adult. If we do not teach minors that what they did has consequences they will never learn. Arguments can be made that minors should not be treated as adults and while these arguments do have merit, they are not my beliefs. In my opinion, minors who commit violent crimes need to be tried as adults. Justice does not discriminate when it comes to age. Right is right, and wrong is wrong and the wrong should be punished equally.
Life imprisonment has been a controversial topic ever since the first teen killer was charged as an adult as early as 1974. Since then there has been over 1,300 teens sentenced to life without parole. Teen killers usually do not have a good reason behind their doings. Some teenagers have even killed just to experience the feeling of killing somebody. I Agree with the majority of the supreme court that believes the Mandatory life sentences without parole is inhumane, cruel and a violation of the eighth amendment because the minors do not have “adult” rights, the teen brain does not fully develop until the age of 25, and teens are emotionally and mentally unstable.
Should juveniles be sentenced to prison for life? Should juveniles be trialed as adults after committing a heinous crime and sentenced to life? As a teenager, this question is far too complicated to answer because I am a teenager yet in my opinion, I believe that the juvenile should not be sentenced to life. I believe that there is another way to punish them for their crimes. The last execution was in 2006 in California.
Juvenile offenders should not be tried as adults because there are differences between a teenager and adult. A teenager is not mature as an adult. Some teenagers are capable to change their behavior and are capable to recognize their own mistakes. It is a huge mistake for juveniles offenders to be tried as adults and send them to adult court and prison . There are many factors why they should not be tried as adult.