Argumentative Writing Assessment

Argumentative Writing Assessment

Teens who commit violent crimes should be tried as an adult. Anybody who aims a weapon at a minor or an adult without a logical reasoning are dangerous. People don’t have the potential to know what the threatening individual will be like in 5, 10, or 15 years. Minors are able to understand what the consequences are if they commit a violent crime.

Pointing a hazardous weapon at a child or a mature without a reasonable explanation is life threatening. In the article, Juvenile Justice: Too Young for Life in Prison, it states the following quote,” Anybody who pulls a gun and aims it at a police officer is a very serious threat and I would consider him a very dangerous individual,” said chief deputy Brenda Beadle

to ABC news. With a weapon, you can cause some serious damage. You can also be sentenced for about four years for just carrying a concealed weapon, aiming it at somebody is a way different story.
Human beings are not capable of predicting the future. In the article, Juvenile Justice: Too Young for Life in Prison, it states that we simply don’t have the ability to know who he will be in 10 or 15 or 20 years. We can not tell if a person will change after going through juvenile or if they will go back to their old self. People are unpredictable and so are their habits.We just don’t know if they will or will not commit an illegal act as soon as they are finished with their sentence in jail.
Teens know what the consequences are if they commit a brutal crime. They are aware that they may have to spend their entire life in jail for murdering someone or even worse. In the article, Juvenile Justice: Too Young for Life in Prison, it states “ Even though he is a minor, Williams was charged in an adult court because of his troublesome history and the “serious nature of the crime,” the county attorney's office said. Once they commit a crime they know that the next step is to go to jail. But if they commit more than one, they should not be forgiven.
Others may believe that their maturity level isn’t high enough to make decisions yet. However, if a eight year old boy or girl knows not to use a weapon against somebody. Why should we allow a teen to be excused from the consequence of doing it on purpose? They may not be mature enough to know many things. But they know that murdering someone is not okay whatsoever. In conclusion, teens should be tried as an adult.