Juveniles Should Not Be Tried In Adult Courts Summary

The article, “Kids are Kids-Until They Commit Crimes” by Marjie Lundstrom, is about how kids are charged as adults in America’s courts. The courts started charging kids as adults for their crimes. 12 year old Lionel Tate was charged with first-degree murder as an adult. Also, 14 year old Thomas A. Preciado stabbed a mini mart clerk to death. He was also tried as an adult. Proposition 21 was passed down, which means judges have to decide whether kids should be tried as adults. It depends on how violent the crime is. Many people still consider kids as “adults” when they commit horrific crimes.

A plethora of children in the United States is being tried as an adult consequently, 3000 children nationwide are sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Children under the age of eighteen should not be tried as an adult in the interest of the physical and mental well-being of the child. Many questions should be asked by the court before considering trying a child as an adult. What was the nature and nurture of the accused child? Was the child being abused? Was the child using self-defense in an attempt at extricating him or herself out of a precarious situation? Why would a child under the age of eighteen be tried as an adult? If a child is being tried as an adult because the juvenile court is considered too amiable

The Juveniles are kids not adults and that they don’t have the same brain development as adults do. In the article, “Starting finds on Teenage Brains” by Paul Thompson saying that during this time of period in teenagers be having massive loss of brain tissue. It is believed that the massive brain loss tissue supports all teens thinking and emotions. It also says, “Brain cells and connections are only being lost in areas controlling impulses, risk taking and self control.” The frontal tubes can hinder the violent passions, rash actions, and regulate teens emotions throughout the years. Meaning that teenagers aren’t adults yet. Another reason why teens shouldn’t be charge as an adult is because teens commit crimes without thinking what they are doing and they’re still kids. Teenagers make mistakes because they are young and stupid. Some of the teenagers don’t deserve to go to jail and get charge as an adult. For example, Nathaniel Brazill was 13 years old when he was guilty of shooting a middle school and charged with second degree murder. He says that he made a “stupid mistake” but was convicted of second degree murder not first. In the article, “Startling Finds on Teenage Brains” it says that, “a child is not a man.” Meaning that a child shouldn 't be getting treated as an adult no they

Juvenile crimes are serious, and need adult punishment "The rate of murders by kids has indeed been skyrocketing across the country. According to the National Crime Analysis Project of Northeastern University in Massachusetts, the number of 17-year-olds arrested for murder climbed 121% in the latter half of the '80s; the number of 16-year-olds by 158 per cent; and the number of 15-year-olds by 217%.” (“Jailing Juveniles”) by Steve Bogira, 1993. As there is no action without reaction, there shouldn’t be a crime without punishment afterwards. Even juveniles are subject to laws and are supposed to behave accordingly. If they didn 't, it would be unjust to let them - almost freely - get away with it. The end result of a heinous crime remains the same, no matter who commits it. Our justice system depends on holding perpetrators responsible for their actions. Harsh sentencing acts as an obstacle to kids who are considering committing a crime. Light sentences don 't teach kids the lesson they need to learn: If you commit a terrible crime, you will spend a considerable part of your life in

A big debate that has gone on for some time is whether or not children who commit violent crimes should be tried as adults. Violent crimes by children are not uncommon in modern days. Many people believe that children are not psychologically developed enough to understand their actions or think things through properly. Others believe that children ought to be tried as adults at a certain point. The children can no longer be shielded by a lack of understanding and forethought. Violent crimes committed should only be handled in adult court when the child is a teen.

Juveniles should be charged as adult not only because of their age but because of the crime they committed. According to all cases of teen killing there is 1,300 that has been sentenced as an adult to life. Is not right to put a child behind bars because they're brain is not fully developed so they're not mature, but a crime is a crime.

Conclusion: In conclusion I think that minors should not be tried as adults because they will not survive in and adult prison and they will commit more crimes if they are put into adult prison. So the solution is to help them recover and become a better person in society instead of punishing

The way the justice system in America is run, we tend to give people a little slap on the wrist. We allow them to go on living their life in the world even if they are caught for speeding, killing, or even fraudulent scandals in business. However, even those little punishments are a bit harsh on teens who commit felons and are sentenced to 20+ years to life in jail. Their whole life is essentially thrown in the dirt at that point. To me, juveniles can always outgrow old habits and change their way of life and thinking unlike adults who may have grown up doing illicit activity and have a mindset for it. Juveniles also have undeveloped brains which don’t might not understand the consequences or think that the felony is just a game like Counter

In todays world ,there are many crimes being committed Adults are not the only ones that are committed crimes In today issue is that juvenile offenders should be tried as adult in a criminal court However many disagree and they believe if these young offenders are capable of committing a crime like murder, no matter their maturity, they should be tried as adults. The criminal justice system has a very particular way in dealing with the law when it comes to young adults . Children as young as 14 can be tried as an adult for a harsh crime . If a young adult commits a crime they should be tried as an adult

For instance, if the child did mature actions like planning the crime, manipulation, and just even knowing between right or wrong of the situation. Things like these can make a child's action seem like an adult played part in the doing from how mature the actions are. Even then there should still be a reason for any child to be sentenced as a juvenile and not an adult.a great example of this is in the article "On Punishment and Teen Killers" it says "He was was not mentally disabled in fact was quite intelligent. But he got a rush out of breaking the law and ultimately started work on his other plan for mass murder at a local bank"(ERWC, 91). Since the kid was very knowledgeable of what exactly he was getting himself into then i do see him as very mature and not kid. He had a stable home and just a regular life with no issues which the in trial the court would take all of this into consideration for his sentence and see him as an adult. Although, i still believe that even in this case where the kid is mentally stable that this is still an issue for him to be tried as a juvenile to get the help and counseling needed that would not be provided if he is sentenced to jail as an

The current state of the juvenile justice system is one which has created an immense debate between a variety of people in the United States. The main question in this debate boils down to the issue of whether children should be able to be tried as an adult with no regard to their age. The juvenile court system is a separate entity from adult court which is used to handle the criminal cases of the youth in America. In the present, some children have their ability to fall under the jurisdiction of the adult courts revoked due to the gravity of their crimes. This should not be the case as the juvenile court should be given the ability to treat juveniles the way they should be. A child may deserve a hefty punishment, but they should not receive

In conclusion, having juveniles tried as adults is an unfair deal. After all, they are influenced by their psychological malaises, such as the effects of extreme brain tissue loss in areas controlling compulsion. This, in part, is caused by adults directly telling them to commit a wrongdoing without thought of the consequences. This also ties in with abuse, in which most juveniles may simply not have a choice. All in all, juveniles should be tried for their age because they are not adults, but instead young individuals who can make a change in their behavior if they are given a second

Unfortunately, 1,852 minors were incarcerated into juvenile correctional facilities in 2018 (Prison Policy, 2018). This does not include the number of minors who were tried as adults or the cases that were never recorded. With the rates of juvenile crimes alarmingly increasing, it’s important to investigate possible factors and whether or not the individual should be tried as an adult. There are many situations and reasons in which I feel minors should not be tried as adults. However, there are serious violent cases in which I believe at a certain age the individual should be tried as an adult.

Some people believe that we should stop putting teens in adult prison; they believe we should be lenient with them. If teenagers can commit murder like adults, stop treating them like they don’t know any better and serve them with the time they deserve. Some people say morals are learned; others say it’s inherited. Regardless a murder is a murder, you can’t force anybody to kill. A murder is always a murder no matter of age, so if you murder at any age, you should be tried as an adult and possibly face

Those under the age of eighteen do not have the legal rights given to adults; since we do not treat them as adults, it does not make sense to sentence them as such. Biological studies also have found that teenagers make impetuous decisions and cause trouble because their underdeveloped brains lack the ability to look at future repercussions for their actions. Moreover, teenagers are still at an age that they are easily influenced by their environment.They succumb to peer pressure which can push them into doing crimes by the virtue of wanting to be accepted. Furthermore, they should be placed into the juvenile justice system, a safe environment in which allows young criminals to learn from the mistakes they make, rather than into adult jails, a place in which harden criminals could physically and mentally harm them. To sum up, the United States justice system should not try adolescents as adults because there are many neurological and external factors that differentiate them from adults; moreover, it is a must that we reform the United States juvenile justice system in order to help these