Juveniles and adults are both responsible for committing many violent crimes. In the end, they tend to receive separate punishments. While an adult would receive a harsher punishment for committing the same crime a juvenile did. I believe the juvenile system in California is concerning to many. In 2019, the California Supreme Court ruled teens under 16 cannot be tried as adults and can only be incarcerated up to the age of 25. As of the law, teens are attentive to their punishment if they commit a violent crime, which isn’t as severe as when an adult commits it. Even though they are going through brain development and rehabilitation, this is no excuse for them to commit murder. The families of the victims should have more rights. I am convinced …show more content…
I concur to a certain extent with what a juvenile goes through before committing a crime; nevertheless, after they commit the murder while being sentenced, brain development shouldn’t be used as some sort of excuse. I frankly believe that growing up at a young age, kids should already understand the consequences of crimes. Rather than punishing juveniles as adults, rehabilitation has been provided as a solution to prevent them from relapsing into criminal activities. Rehabilitation's purpose is to help juveniles understand the underlying factors that lead to this problem in the first place, although not every juvenile benefits from rehabilitation. In Phillip Holloway’s article, “Should 11-Year-Olds Be Charged With Adult Crimes?”, he says “However, two wrongs do not make a right; prosecuting a very young child for murder and sending him to prison for life is tragic in and of itself” (Holloway 3). Holloway explains in this quote that it is tragic to send a young child to jail for murder. I disagree with this quote because I believe that it’s more tragic that an 11-year-old murdered an …show more content…
I strongly believe that juveniles are influenced by video games, TV, and their daily lives. Despite all kids being rehabilitated, their relatives should have rights in the sentencing of the juvenile. When a juvenile commits a crime, it leaves a big impact on the victim's family, causing a lasting impact of pain and grief. It is unjust for the victim's family, if the juvenile is not tried as an adult because they don't get the judges final closure and justice. In Jennifer Jenkins' article, "On Punishment and Teen Killers", she says, “she begged for the life of her unborn child.”(Jenkins 2). This quote shows that some juveniles have no sympathy, and they just murder with no intent to do so. Since they know what they are doing, they should be held accountable, and justice should be served. Meanwhile, the victims' family members are struggling in pain. It is said that juveniles tend to enjoy their time behind bars. I believe that justice should be served and juveniles be sentenced as
Holden 5 Should Juveniles be Tried as Adults? 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. The Illinois Juvenile Court Act of 1899 was the first juvenile court established in the United States (Locked Up…). The juvenile court was created to handle the offenders on the basis on their rather than their crime
Trying Juvenile Criminals as Adults Mayrene Slatton-McCoy Lamar Community College Abstract This paper discusses the debate on whether juvenile criminals should be tried as adults. While the juvenile needs to be held accountable for their actions, many components make the course of action to prosecute complicated. Cognitive maturing of the brain during adolescence is a component that is discussed. Juveniles are not fully developed and punishing youth as adults may cause more harm than good. There
Being tried as adults sends these juveniles to state penitentiaries and sentences up to life in prison without parole and even execution in some places. But is this truly an effective punishment? Do these juveniles have the capability to truly comprehend the crimes they are committing? Is there an age limit for setting off these juveniles into the adult justice system? Is there someone or something behind the actions of these adolescent wrongdoers? These questions leave us wondering if this action
Juvenile Justice People have been debating for years whether juveniles should be punished as adults if they commit the same crime as an adult. People’s arguments are based on different studies: imaging on the brain showed undeveloped parts that mainly control emotions and actions in adult’s brain, and other studies showed that the juvenile crime rate is not equal between countries which weaken the “theory” of undeveloped brain causing these actions from teenagers. I strongly agree with
When should it be allowed for children who commit crimes to be tried as adults? It is normally at the age of 18 or higher, but many people would disagree. Since many considerable reasons play a part in determining whether or not children who commit crimes should be tried as adults, they are how serious the crime is, deterrence to future crimes, and public safety. The first main reason to consider is how serious the crime is. According to Johndroger.com, “Proponents of trying juveniles as adults argue
Should Juveniles Be Tried As An Adult Or Not? Juveniles should not be tried as an adult if they are not an adult. Over 250,000 youth are tried, sentenced, or incarcerated as adults every year across the United States (www.campaignforyouthjustice.org). Between 1990 and 2010, the number of juveniles in adult jails increased by practically 230 percent (http://www.genfkd.org/). 10,000 juveniles are stored in adult jails and prisons. Most of those youths are charged with nonviolent offenses but yet
Should Juveniles Be Tried As Adults? Should Juveniles be tried as adults? As you read the following article, you will see that this argument has two sides to it with several arguments supporting both. Juvenile offenders are children under the age of 18 who have commited assaults, and/or murder. Some juveniles can get less sentencing based on the crime they committed, however some juveniles get harsh sentencings. Sentencings
Kids should be subjected to the measures of punishment that our judicial system is giving to them. Kids who show lots of enmity should be tried as adults. It is the only way to protect the innocent children. These kids know right from wrong, but they choose to do the wrong things and violence is wrong. As the laws have gotten stricter on discipline the kids have gotten wilder. When we let society tell us how to discipline our children then violent children is the result. Shawn was 16 in 1998 when
Children Being Tried as Adults Thousands of kid criminals in the United States have been tried as adults and sent to prison (Equal Justice Initiative). The debate whether these kids should be tried as adults is a huge controversy. The decision to try them or to not try them as an adult can change their whole life. “Fourteen states have no minimum age for trying children as adults” (Equal Justice Initiative). Some people feel that children are too immature to fully understand the severity of their
Violent Crimes Should Not Be Tried as Adults Introduction Cameron Williams is a young adult who went to prison when he was only 16. His life in prison was far removed from that of other teenagers. The young man, now 22, faces a 110 years sentence for second-degree attempted murder. He is also charged with using a weapon in committing an offence. Another 11-year old boy was arrested for shooting an 8-year old girl using his father’s shot gun in Tennessee. He may also be charged as an adult. These are
"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 capitol crimes, including adolescents, should be penalized according to the law. Age should not be a factor in the case of serious crimes. Many people claim that the child did not know any better, or that he was brought up with the conception that this behavior is acceptable. Although
Juveniles who commit crimes shouldn’t be tried as adults because they can get raped by their prison inmates, some juveniles are mentally ill and need to be treated, and they deserve a second chance. It is important that these people who commit crimes be tries as teenagers. One reason why young people who commit crimes shouldn’t be tries as adults is because juveniles could be mentally ill or have diseases that need to be treated. This is clear in the article entitled “Young and Forgotten”. In
crime? Juvenile delinquents need to be tried as adult because ,rehab clearly doesn't work for the juvenile offenders they tend to just stay through the rehab and then they go back to their old ways. Also because repetition continues with these offenders within a year or so. Lastly they know they can get off as children so they will test the system before they're 18. Juveniles with multiple offences should be tried as adults because if you can drive at 16 you can commit a crime. Juvenile offenders
There comes a point in life where children no longer are considered children. In these crime cases they are viewed as adults, and can be unfairly sentence to life in prison. Juveniles should not be tried as adults because of the lost of brain tissue causing them to . In the article “Startling Finds on Teenage Brains,” by Paul Thompson, states that during the adolescent years teenagers loss several brain tissue, thus they react out of impulse. “These frontal lobes, which inhibit our violent passions
an issue, despite the fact that juvenile arrest rates for many violent crimes are at their lowest in more than 30 years . Children as young as 13 or 14 are committing violent crimes such as murder, rape, and armed robbery. These children are either being tried as adults or as juveniles, with milder punishments. A juvenile offender might spend a few years in a juvenile detention facility with the possibility of probation after his release at age eighteen. An adult who commits the exact crime will