Why Juveniles Should Be Tried As Adults

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Every system is different when it comes to juveniles and adults. As for juveniles things are a little bit more lenient when it comes to punishment . Many states concede a juvenile to be between certain ages. Also some states set the minimum age for juveniles as sixteen. Anyone over a state's given age limit is tried as an adult which many children should try to avoid. Sometimes older juveniles who commit serious crimes are tried as adults, even though they would be considered juveniles. The courts use different terms for juvenile offenders than for adult offenders! Such as delinquents and criminals etc. States handle things differently from the age and to the crime . Juvenile cases are handled privately where no public is allowed but cameras and media is allowed in the court room . I …show more content…

We all watch the news and people always make their judgements about others . With adults they have to be legally arrested by an officer which proceeds them to being in court for the decision wether they are guilty or not guilty . The decisions are made by the judge and the jury which are people who are chosen and they are like everyday citizens . The lawyers job is to get these few people to see that you are innocent whether you really are or not . If he doesn't then the adult will be told by the judge that they are guilty and a sentence will be made . Also with adults the state files a formal criminal charges in the form of an incident information or complaint . The goal of the criminal justice system for adults is for them to punish adults who commits crime but not all people who they say have committed a crime is guilty . Many people have went to jail and they were innocent . In adult court it doesn't matter if your it all comes down to what can be proven if it can't then your guilty and that's how our justice system has always been

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