I think juveniles should not be tried as adults because juveniles are not ready for the pressure that adults take.

I just want to thank this website, I had to do a critical analysis on this issue and I found this site to be very helpful. And on the subject I feel that if you are old enough to commit the crime you are old enough to be punished for it accordingly.

I really think that it is determined on the age or the kids. But with this article i strongly disagree with the inmate beatings. There should be something done about this because i dont think this is the way god intented life to be.... my opinion is where i strongly disagree with it if and only if the kids are younger than the age of 18 or 17 but when u hit the 18 year old limit i think that u should be looked at as an adult and u are needing to take your own responsibilities....

If a child at the age of 6 months starts learning the difference between yes and no. A juvenile no matter if they are 14-18 should have enough common sense to know that it is not right to comitt the crimes that they have done. Full Punishment to them.

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This type of persecution is ridculous. A child under 18 is NOT given the full rights of an adult, so why should a child have to take the full responsibility of an adult?

If anyone has any information on teenagers being tried as adults, please email me at my screen name. I am doing a letter for school on my opinion of this and sending it to a government official. Thanks!

i think that if a child between the age 14-18 are old enough to do the crim they should be old enough to do the time, they knew what they were doing and the consequences they just choose to ignore it, they're the fool!

If anyone has information on why children should NOT be tried as adults, email me please! I'm writing a paper over this subject for school. I personally do not believe that a teenager under the age of 17 should be tried as an adult. THANKs!!!!!

If any of you have any opinions about teens being tried as adults please send me your opinions. Use my e-mail adress: abomination626@yahoo.com, I'm doing a report for school.

Teens should be tried as adults.
If they are not tried, how will they learn?
Many teens under 18 are not getting tried for various violent behavor they present, rape, murder etc.
If teens are between the ages of 12 and 18, shouldnt they know better? shouldn't they know between right and wrong?
They know that Murder is against the law, rape is against the law, stealing is against the law, why should they not be tried as adults?
If they know the difference between right and wrong, they are no different then adults.

Yours truly,
SForrister

If juveniles are old enough to drive, surely they are old enough to be tried.

I dont think teens should be tried as adults, because I personally think this willl give a adolesscent the oppertunity to commit an even bigger and more serious crime. Not to mention placing an adolescent in an adult correctional facility, subjects them to more danger.

if you do the crime pay the time

I think that if a person commits a crime, they should do the time!!!

Juveniles should not be tried as an adult.Putting these juveniles, which are still children, in prison with rapists, serial killers, and drug users is not in the best interest for these children.Juveniles aren't capable of making adult decision. If they were capable,they would be able to buy cigarettes, donating their organ, or be eligible to serve on a jury.

I think that teens should be tried as adults because they have commited the same crimes!!
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Teens should be tried as adults. No question about it. Teens have comitted the same crimes as adults and should ge the same punishment. Notify the president with this message.
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I believe that the age of a person does not matter. They need to be tried as adults. I know for fact that most everyone knows whats right and whats wrong. They need to face the outcome of their actions if they can't then they should have never done the crime in the first place.

Even if juvenilles lives are said to be ruined after jail, or during jail...isn't that what they deserved for killing or hurting someone. You forget that these teens are in there for a reason to be punished, even though the beating and sexual violence is not my idea of a punishment you must take into account that whatever crime the teen had commited was adult enough that they should be punished like one which unfortunatelly is in those ways.

i think age does matter ''megan'' when teens go to adult prisons they have no education or rehabilitation. they are kinda thrown out into society have gained nothing! p.s i love candy

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I believe that juveniles should not be tried as adults because most children who commit these crimes could be making the biggest mistake of their life. Should they be locked up for this? My answer is "NO". i believe juveniles should get the help they deserve and be allowed back on our streets. i would rather pay my tax dollars on helping the juveniles, rather than locking them up in a prison or killing them. Would you rather locking them up with inmates and gaining more knowledge on how to commit crime better and more powerful and then be released back on the streets. Or would you like to see them get help for a crime they are going to regret later in life. Think about that I know I would rather help the child than punish him/her for something they are going to regret.
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P.S. Cris i would have to dis agree with you because some of the kids thats why they are in ther in the first place is because their parents beat them and thats how they were taught.
Sforrister No if a child is 12 years old their brain has not even been developed as and adults and adults also have much more information on the law than any 12 or 14 yeaar old would ever know.
To everyone who said "NO" I completly agree with you and those who said "YES" think about it some more.

i personally feel that children under the age of 17 should be able to be tried as adutls.dude, since i was 8 years old i new right from wrong. even if the teenager's parents didnt raise them to know right from wrong, they still learn it in school. teens need to learn to be responsible in what they do.juveniles commit the crimes because they know they can get away with it lightly. if they knew that they were going to tried as adults, they would deffinately think twice before they do it. a juvenile with a temper and a gun is just as harmful if not more harmful then an adult. they need to know that as Americans we are treated equaly , no matter what age. age is no excuse.

I have to do a school research about Should children under the age of 17 be tried as adults for their crimes? And I seen your article and it was a big help1 But, do you think that it depends on what they did. Like, for an example I read an article that this child named Charles "Andy" Williams is faceing life in prison for allegedly killing two students and wounding 13 others when he opened fire at his Calofornia high school. And Lionel Tate sentenced to life in prison without parole in the wrestling death of his 6-year-old playmate. I think that Andy sshould get charged as an adult because he should know better than to go to school and start shooting the place. And about Lionel I think that he shouldn't be tried as an adult because he was just playing with her and he did it on an accident. But, can you please write back I really don't have an e-mail so can you just write back as soon as possible my address is 720 Churchill St. College Station Tx. 77840. Thanks very much.

I believe juveniles should be tried as adults no matter what. IF THEY COMMIT THE CRIME THEY CAN PAY THE TIME!

I agree that they criminal justice system has failed in that we try juveniles as adults and subject juveniles to adult treatment. What is the point in having laws for juveniles when we automatically try them as adults for certain crimes? The system seems biased to me.

I disagree with what victoria said becuase if the teenager are willing to commit a crime or do any harmful act then they should be willing to face the consequences. many teens get away with a lot of things becuase of their age and they know that so they continue to do wrong acts. if we show them that they will be tried on adult bases then they will think twice before doing any wrong

I think people who are 14 and older should be punished as adults. No one younger than 14 should because a lot of people havn't matured all the way yet and it takes longer for guys to mature then girls.

I think kids should be trieds as adults. If they are old enough to do the crime then they are old enough to pay the price.

i think that juveniles have so much more to do and experience before they die and they shouldn't be excecuted for one crime they've done. But if they've done it more than once, I would have to say they SHOULD be charged as adults. yea.. O.o;;

i believe that there is an extent to any punishment for any crime , and if your in the court system then you shoudl know this extent. I am probation for smokin weed at school and if i hadnt known people in the court system i would have been sent to juvenile detetion center , and for what? My point to all of this is that the court system should know an extent to punishment for the crime no madder what that age. Kids make more mistakes then adults woudl because kids have not had as many learning experiences and had a chance to learn from as many mistakes as older people have. Which it is that reason that they should not punish kids a severly as they do adults.I also believe that young adults nearly the age for adult punishment should know better than to do something bad enough to put them at risk of bein charged as an adult for a crime. This has helped me a great deal for my school report... holla , travis age 16

I think that teens are not as responsible for their actions as aduults and they need a chance to learn from their mistakes .

As a teen myself i feel that we are as responsible as we get. Even if you let an angry teen out they might come back out of the system they way they went in. When violent teens become abusive and/or violent many of them can't be rehabilitated, many can also argue that teens can be rehabilitated but in my opinion, i feel if they do the crime they do the time. I give no remorse to those who chose to become violent.

I think that Juveniles should not be charged as adult because they aren't as intellectually mature and that they are often lead by older people. Can you give me some support for this idea.

i think that until teens get the same rights as adultes they should not be tried as adults it is not fair

I believe that teens shouldnt be tried as adults because whats a life in juvi or in jail....kids are supposed to have freedom throughout their lives and not have it behind bars.theres just as much violence on tv as there is in real life and maybe a teen is trying to follow what their role models do in movies....ahhh increase the peace man!!!! showing violence on tv is just as bad as some 1 going out and commiting the crime themselves. Children imitate wrestlers doing those funky moves and im sure teens pretend their shoting some 1 in their heads or stabbing some 1 with knives. If your going to let teens be tried as adults then let them have as much rights as adults (smoking weed, buying alcohol,ect.) I totally disagree with those who said they should be because what if that was you on trial...THINK ABOUT IT

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Omg ! do u ppl understand how stupid u r bein ! I'm in 8th grade so i guess I'm pretty mature now...and I was just wondering what r u guys thinkin ?!?! a life behind bars...should even be justified as a life ! there is no life ! when kids are tried as adults then we should treat them as adults ! this means , let them drive, let them drink alcohol, let them smoke, let them have sex, let them do nething that an adult can do ! now does that seem right ?!?! no..so think again when u decide to try kids/teens as adults..what if it were you ?!?!
think, think, think !

WHATS WITH ALL THE VIOLENCE THESE DAYS MAN?

I'm currently locked up at a Camp for crimes i have done. And i know i did what i did and now i'm paying for it, but thats besides the point... I think kids should be charged as adults if the crime is a felony. but not something small such as stealing. I'm a parent allready. I know if it was my kid i wouldn't be be for prop 21 though. So it's really hard to be all for one side of the argument.
Yea thats all i've got to say.....

I think teens should be tried as adults because teens always say that they wanted to be teated like adults, so they should have to pay the consequences of adults too. Plus teens are old enough to understand right from wrong and that if they commit a crime there will be serious reprocussions, so why do it?

I think that teens should and should'nt be tried as adults because if they did a serious crime like say rape somebody then they should be tried as adults but if the crime was'nt that bad like got in a little fight. But if they got into a little fight and had a really bad criminal record then they should be because they will be more likely to do something like that or worse again but if that was their first time just let them go but if they do it again or worse they should be tried as an adult because " for every action there is a reaction."

Yes,
I think teens should be tried as adults because if they have the courge to kill someone to to steal they should have the courge to stand up in court as an adult. For every action there is a reaction. That is why I think teens should be tried as adults!

i think juveniles should not be tried as adults that is wrong

I think that Juveniles shouldnt be tried as adults because the older people in jail can take advatage of the younger people and hurt them.And that isnt what we want.

I think Juveniles shouldnt be tried as adults cos there too young, and its just not right. i think the people who start getting tried as adults should be at least 17 years old. yes that is my opionion. goodbye. see ya later aligator!

hi my name is bob and i think that juveniles should not be tried as adults,becuse instead of having serious consequenses they could be tried in rehab instead of facing the death penalty or ending up in jail they could have a chance to get their life back

First of all Bob a teen would never be tried to face the death penalty. They won't learn if they aren't punished and will keep on harming other's or even themselves if not helpep. It's better sooner than later. They need to face the time the hard way and learn there lesson early. They need to end up in jail to make them open there eyes and realize what they've done. Nick

Just imagine living in an an un- healthy enviornment, crime and drugs surronding you. You're a young adult growing and being influenced by these surrondings. There's no one who will take the time of day to listen to your fellings. Who do you turn to? Crime, right? Now that you're physically, mentally, and emotionally abused do you develope on your own? I'm twelve and I DON'T think juveniles should be tied as adults. What if this was yuor life? 1.

I'm back again. I just wanted to say to every one believing what I believe in to hold it down for all the juveniles out there who need our support.

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I really do think that alot of the juviniles should be tried as adults cause the do things that alot of teens think is cool but the parents have no say casue their kids will not look them in the eye and tell them that they did anything wrong! Alot of the teens think that if they do something that other people think is cool that they would fit in and the would be bad! What alot of teens don't know is that the stuff that they do to be cool are hurting alot of people and affecting those peoples life. It also affections them causse it teaches their kids that it is cool.

Thank you for taking the time to listen to what I had to say!

I agree with you totally. Kids are not old enough to be charged as adults.

when i was little my mama said juvies are bad then she fluffed

juvies are bad i fluffed

i think juveniles should be put in jail so they can be with me

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I think that you need to rethink about what you wrote! What u say makes no sense what-so-ever! I think that u need to make an appointment with ur doctor!

I think they shouldnt be tried as adults becuase i said so.

no juveniles should not be tried as adults they dont really know what they are doing. if you put them in jail they will just get rearrested.

hey wat is the matter with people their so stupid because they should not be tried as adults because they do not know the differents and it is soo stupid because if they are too young they do not know wat to do so they cannot be charged for it so i think that is stupid

I feel that children should not be tried as adults because if they are put into regular jail cells, then they have a better chance of being sexually assaulted or smething else that is really serious. If you put children into jail cells with regular prisoners that have commited serious crimes, then you are opening yourself up to a bunch of escapees trying to escape so that they can get away from the things that are happening to them while they are in the jail.

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WHATS UP WIT THIS YOUNG ADULTS GETTING CHARGED AS 18 AND ORDER ADULTS HUH?

ok morons, when u do something as harsh as take a life and you are a teen, where u know that it is wrong, becase when u r a teen u know whats wrong and right, u dont deseve a second chance. u should have your life taken away and ruined. u dont deserve to live since you took that right away from someone else.

i donèt think that children should go to juvenile just make them have treatment and they'll be perfectly fine...

Yes the kids today use the law to there own ends and should be punished when they break the law. It is time for people to take responsabity for the things they do.On the other hand I dont know why, I should think that the kids should take responsabilaty for the things they do. When It looks to me like most of the adults don't.

teenagers should be tried as adults because if there not then they can do whatever they want to do and it'll be the same punishment

if they are old enough to take someone else's life, they should be old enough to take the consequences

I am researching this subject for a school project and I feel that yes the children should be held responsible, But what about the PARENTS, In a society where TV and Video games take the place of PARENTING, why hold the children responsible. they are only doing what society says is right. I feel parents should be held RESPONSIBLE right olong with the children.

yes i think kids should be held responsible for their doing of crime because they did something that they no is wrong and their parents arent responsible enough to watch what they do and thats also the parents fault but the kids shouolld still b punished for their doing. parents and the ckids should be respnsible cuz the parents they them do that and arent good role models.

what happened to nuturing, having patience, love and understanding with our children. if the child is 16 and up and it's a serious offense i could say maybe. but what if the child is 8 or 10. we are as a society making our children a disposable object by thrusting them into a adult court, punshing them as adults. it would be different if they had the decision making skills or maturity level that an adult has but they do not. these children are our futures and they are not disposable items they are gifts from God and should be treated as such.

I THINK JUVENILES SHOULD NOT BE TRYED AS ADULTS UNTILL THE AGE OF 18 AND ONLY THEN

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I think that an one who commits serious crimes should go right away to jail.

I agree 100%

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My oppion on if juveniles who commit volent crimes be tried as an adult is they should be tried as an adult because if they made an adult decision to do an adult crime such as rape , murder , or robbery than they should be tried as an adult rather than a minor because I really dont think children even realize the consequences and effects of the society and and the society has the right to be protected from the most dangerous even if it is children. I believe the treatment of a death sentence or facint the rest of the teenager's life in prision will help prevent other teenagers from carrying out violent acts .

if children are taught at 10-up about this violence but most of the time now they are just as worse as adults. but with the article i read teens are being pushed around in there a little to rough in more ways than one. i feel teens should be judged in a new system a system that doesnt make them feel stupid or they dont deserve a second chance.like this quote:like a child riding on the bike, don't let go until they feel and u feel the same way then let them soar. through a childs eyes i grew up in a crappy life, i was basically a miracle baby of what my mom and dad did. but ididnt turn out that bad. but what im trying to say even to samantha kids shouldnt be tried like an adult until 18. no kids dont know from right and wrong, but if they grew up w/ the wrong then it would be hard grow out of the habits they made to have when they were a child.u make ur habits, then ur habits make u.

I am doing a research poject in my 10th grade english class and my topic is,"Should Juveniles be charged as adults in major crimes?" If you have any lagitament information on this topic or helpful facts please e-mail me and subject the e-mail, Research information. Thank you all.
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Hey everyone I am doing a research paper on charging juveniles as adults and was hoping you would send me any websites with information. I also wanted to tell you what i think... I think they should be charged as adutls when they commit major violent crimes. I read a story once about these 12 year old boys who tortured and killed a young boy, then they left him on the railroad tracks to try and cover up their crime. They were only charged as juveniles because some people seem to think they didn't understand they were doing something wrong, but if they didn't, why try to cover it up??

lol this is funny my friends think

I dont believe that juveniles should be tried as adults when it comes to crime. There are many many things that contribute to crimes other than just wanting to it. They are young.. and if they are tried as an adult and are given... lets say.. 5-10 years, when they get out, from everything they wuld see in prison, will just make things worse. Kids want attention. They need discipline.. not to be thrown in prison. It is more of a public health problem than it is a seroius problem. They need to be rehabilitated, talked with, but not thrown into prison. In indiana alone, there are like 20 correctional facilities for juveniles. I have several friends in there now, for dumn crap. Stealing a PS2.. and they say they can keep him till hes 21. Hes 15 now. Why wuld they send a child to boy school for up to 6 years, for stealing a PS2?? I dont believe that we shuld be tried as adults.

I am doing a research poject in my first year at university ,english class and my topic is,"Should Juveniles be charged as adults in major crimes?" If you have any lagitament information on this topic or helpful facts please e-mail me and subject the e-mail, Research information. Thank you all
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I'm doing my research paper on "Should teenagers be tried as adults for serious crimes?" and I think THEY SHOULD BE tried as adults! If they are ready to commit the crime, they are ready to take the conscequences! If we don't stop them now, what are they going to become as adults???
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I have this for my school project...
PLEASE HELP. Looking forward to your e-mail! THANK YOU

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I'm doing this for a school paper and I think that teens should NOT be tried as adults, because THEY ARENT ADULTS!!!! Even though they may understand what they have done, they will have no idea how to defend themselves.
any comments?

No, juvenile should not charged as an adult. Our federal govenment has laws that was suppose to protect children up to the age of 16. But now each state has their own laws on charging juveniles. A minor may have the size and the ability to take a life, but he or she does not have the mental capacity to understand what the adult system will do to them. Our judical systms says that you cannot to tried in a court of law if you cannot understand and participate in your defense, however, every year thousands of young people are sent through the adult court system with little to no understanding of what is happening.

I have to make a project about, if juveniles should be tried as adults or if they shouldn't ,and i have to make a debate with my classmates ;
PLEASE HELP ME , looking forward to your email until octuber 17,2003.THANK YOU

To Isis Perez:
There is a lot of information out there regarding juveniles. I did my Master's thesis on Reforming the Juvenile Justice System. If you use Juvenile Justice as a search phrase you will probably come across a web site National Juvenile Justice Commission. Don't quote me on the name, but this site has a lot of information and research papers.

This is a report i have to do! E-mail me with info please! Thanks!

Hey...I gotta do this project on the fact that juveniles should always be tried as adults...help a sista out puh-leese... Send it to my e-mail..thanx...ONE

Hi,
I'm doing a research over juveniles getting tried as adults and i would greatly appreciate it if u were to e-mail more information. Thank You

i think they should because they arent little kids anymore and should know about the consequences they will face

I m doing a report on this topic and would really realy email me some more info at swirly100@hotmail.com

Well i have doin ALOT of research on this topic...i think dependin on the crime and the juvenile that has commited the crime the punishment should be different. The juveniles whouldnt be locked up with adults because that is really dangerous...i think that the juveniles should always just go to a juvenile jail instead of bein locked up with adults by who they can get hurt by..but any thing else besides murder and rape they shouldnt be tried as adults..i dunno thas jus wut i think

Kevin it suprises me that u forget about the victims who should be the main focus here what about them they can never feel a sense of closure of security if juveniles can get away with serious crimes it seem that the system works harder for the criminals then for the victims

I'm writing a paper on juveniles getting tried as adults who committ serious crimes..I need help on my outline for my paper...and MLA work cited page.

instead of assuming race is the issue why don't you look at the socioeconomical status of theses offender. being poor might have more to do with then race so stop cring race every time you see stats like that and try to find the stat that says how much money they have. you will not find one because the media wants black people to hate the white man.

I think juveniles should be tried as adults because now days kids are murdering people at a young age and since they are under 18 they think nothing can happen to them. well thats what i think. oh could you email me more info about this topic because i have a school paper to do. Thanks

kids should not be tried as adults even in dier crimes

Juveniles should be tried as adults. If they can commit the same crime an adult would commit then they should pay for it just as an adult would have to. They need to take responsibility for their actions. Some of you have commented that the parents should also take responsibility; the parents need to take responsibility before their child would commit such a crime. Also, you have said that they are at a greater risk of being beaten or sexually abused in prison. There shouldn't be more crime in prison.

I feel that if anyone, no matter what their age, kills another human being, they should have to face the exact same consequences. Many of you keep saying that teens do not understand what they do. What is that supposed to mean? You don't know what you're doing? Well if that is the case, then you obviously don't know what you're talking about either. All I know is that if a 13 year old killed one of my family members, i wouldn't want he/she to ever see the light of day again.

i dont think he should be tried as an adult but he should get a bad punishment just not the death penalty

I think if someone commits a crime they should get the same punishment as an adult.

I am doing a persuasive speech on why juveniles shouldn't be tried as adults and need some more information on it. Anyone willing to help me please send an e-mail, it would be greatly appreciated.

I used to be a "do the crime do the time" type but after doing some research for a persuasive speech that I have to give I completely changed my opinion. I found that adult prisons do not provide the rehabilitation services that juvenile centers do and in most cases the juvenile needs some sort of treatment.

I don't think kids should be tried as adults. Things happen. If a child accidently kills a person playing with theri father's gun they would go to prison.....what if that kid was only two or three??? what would happen then??? Maybe it's the parents fault for letting them watch violent shows or not having their guns locked up!I don't think that kids should be punished for comitting adult crimes!

I think that teens that are 16 and younger should not be tried as adults, but 17 and up should be. When your 16 years old, you might have more problems in your life that just need to be worked out, but when you 17, that's only one year younger than 18, the legal adult age. they should be tried as adults, because their the ones who are making their own decisions, unless their parents are real [expletive].

I wish to say that as an parent of an 16 year old who has been in jail now for two years as of 2 10 2004, IWe can;t get any one to help us he has been abused his whole life and when there were people there to investegate they ignored all the signs because the abuser was a police officer (his dad) now my son has been ignored in jail has not even had a bond hearing and his publix defender will never return any phone calls, how is a child supose to get justice when they can;t even get protection and now that he is being charged for the shooting death of his dad there is still no one that will help him what can we do????????? who will save our children and give them a chance at life

I have mixed opinions on the subject because I think the punishment should fit the crime . For example if two kids were play fighting or wrestling whatever they cakl it and one of them snaps there neck should the other one be liable and sent to jail as a murderer I think no but If a 15 year old kid takes a gun to school and starts shooting people yes I do think he /she should be tried as an adult.I am doing research for a paper I have to do for school and the more I read the more cases I feel are not treated fairly cases that should be tried as adults aren't and cases that shouldn't be are . The system needs a major overhaul. anyone that can give me help in my research plkease e-mail . with any book names, web sites or articles thanks

i have mixed feelings about this topic. i have to do a persuasive essay on it and it is confusing me. at first i was all for children who commit horrible crimes should "Do the time" but after reading some cases and some of ur opinions, i am not real sure. children who are like those 10 yr old boys who kidnapped a 2yr old boy and murdered him should go to a rehabilition center or someting because they are only 10 and they could be "rehabilitized," but if they were like 13 or something when you actually know what your doing you should be treated and tried as an adult. it is a very confusing subject as everybody has their own opinions and all the people way up on the food chain are trying to make it the law where children of all ages are tried as an adult if they commit murder, rape, armed robbery, or and there was someting else. i don't think that is right.

i think that they should be and shouldnt. why let a minor off easy if he/she didnt let the person they killed to live. but at the same time its true that they will just get abused in adult facilities and have no chance of starting over

If you give every juvenile in the world a second chance dont you think their going to do the crime again? Its the same thing as telling them they cant do something and you know their gonna turn around and do it any was. So by putting them in a detention center isnt helping any. If they(juveniles)do the crime they should pay the time. Juveniles shouldnt be let out easy just because of thier age,honestly,they should know the difference of right and wrong and if they dont then tough luck,that shouldnt be an excuse!

I'm doing a major research paper in college. I wonder if any one can help a sister out. I'm writing on juveniles been tryed as adults. I'm going for it, I beleave that if a child knows what they're doing they should have to do the time no matter where it is at, but do some time.

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I BELEIVE THAT IF YOU DO THE CRIME YOU SHOULD DO THE TIME. IF AS A SOCIETY WE CONTINUE TO USE A BANDAGE APPROACH TO THE RISING CRIME RATE THAN IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE. HOWEVER IF SOCIETY IMPOSES STRICTER PUNISHMENTS ON JUVENILE'S WHO COMMITT CRIMES THAN MAYBE SOCIETY WILL SEE A DECREASE IN THE CRIME RATE.

Im doing an opinion paper in my class and i was wondering if anyone had any opinions to help me on why or why not teens should be tried as an adult

A survey showed that 75% of teens that goes to audult prison, returns to prison within 3 years. THINK ABOUT IT!!!!!



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I HAVE A SPEECH DEBATE ON SHOULD TEENS BE TRIAL AS ADULTS AND IM (FOR) SO IM ASKING IF SOMEONE HAS SOME INFORMATION THAT CAN MAKE WIN THIS DEBATE I WOULD THANK YOU A LOT?!!!!
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Allow the young juveniles to have a secon chance in life. What ever happened to the saying children are our future, well they can't be anything if they're lost inside an adult world.

i think that if this is your paper than maybe you should do the thinking,and not rely on everyone else to think for you, be an individual and think for yourself!!!!

me, dude u suck!!!!!! i think they should be tried as adults because it will teach kids a lesson. thats why people come here. to do good in school, not to talk bullcrap about the system.yay to all who to believe me and boo who dont. there might be freedom of speech that is bad.

Juveniles who have a temper are dangerous to a society when they are access to any weapons. With that in mind, juveniles don’t think rationally about any situation, however, should ignorance be excusable in the courts? Knowing the laws does not make a child know right from wrong, the child should know that hurting or possibly killing someone is wrong. Rehabilitation only works on a selected few; the others are doomed to repeat their actions then if they get a stricter punishment. Juveniles are not automatically placed in the adult court systems, the prosecution must first file a motion to have it transferred. Why give leniency to juveniles that had no remorse to taking away a life. If one of these juveniles lived next door to you, how would you feel, probably much different then when these subjects are miles away from you? Or how about this, your sister, brother, mother or father was killed by a juvenile, would you still want that leniency placed on that kid… I highly doubt you would.

I am currently taking an English class that writes arguments. The paper I am writing right now is on Juvenile Crime. Your set up is wonderful and you have great sources. You put real heart into your writing and you have the evidence to support your decision. As far as individual thinking, any person who knows how to read arguments will notice what your stand is on juvenile crime. You are only using sources to back up your decision. Good job and great writing. I hope what you are fighting for is a really great cause.

afta doin a hole buncha research....juveniles should NOT be tried as adults becasue they get influenced by watching thing and they dont no what they are doing and dony unda stand it. You cant away their whole life away from them for 1 lil mistake. I mean come on give them a 2nd chance.they need a juvenile facility ro learn from their mistakes!

come on people agree wid me!

I do not think he should be tried as an adult i am doing a class paper on juviniles tried as adults and after much reasearch i do not belive he sould be tried as an adult he should however get a penalty for what he did. but not the death penalty!!

I think that juveniles should learn from their mistakes and be tried as adults. Ok ok maybe given privilages for example a seperate wing in the prison for others around that individuals age to prevent the abuse from others inmates 3 times that juve's age. If a juvenile is emitting signs of possible efforts to become a different person then a rehabilitation process should occur. After that, maybe probations. Juveniles need be tried as adults to scare the CRAP out of them.

The issue is very controversial it all depends on how you look at the issue.
Think about it like this when you a growing up you may make some mistakes and will regret themin the future. But when you become an adult your mind set changes. So to say we should commit minors as adults when commiting adult crimes is something we will always disagree on.

ok..first of all i do beleive that juvinilles should be tried as adults. If that boy just stabbed those two kids because they where making fun of him then his parents did not teach him how to handle things the right way. Come on everybody gets picked on but that is no reason what so ever to go stabbing them or taking there life. Im sorry but he deserves to be tried as an adult! He obviously came to school with the though in his mind that he was going to kill or hurt somebody.I dont have any pity for him having to go to prison and i think the only one to blame for not being able to have his youth back would only be his fault because he chose the decision to stab those kids. i do think that you have made very good points in your article or whatever but i do not agree i think that they should be tied as adults.this was very resourceful for me though.

I think that if they can charge a teen within the age of 13-17 as an adult than at the age 16 they should be consider as an adult at the age 16. They should be able to drink and drive and they should be able to do what they want.

these kids should not go on death row

I think Minors shouldnt Be tried as adults. what good would it be to put them in jail? The jail systems all ready crowded and if you put them in there, there only more then likely to Rot away until they get free'd(if the do) and then have no life, a small education, No friends. To me that wouldnt be a life to live and most people after Getting out of jail commit suicide so it would be one big waiste of time. Minors shouldnt be the Full blame. Where are there parents in all this???? i think there parents should get something for this too. If you put a minor on probation,only a few would change and the rest will continue to repeat the same crimes.

ummmm..... you are so wrong i think that that boy needs to handle it. i mean they were only making fun of him. i know how it feels and it does hurt but he needs to wake up and smell the coffe. i am sure he teesed kids before too. so he should not have done that . if one day you told your friend that a person looked bad and they heard and turned around with a knife stabbing you over an over i bet that you would not really like that.

i hate this they should not be tried as adult because i think they are 2 young 2 be thinking about what will the conseqences be.




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wut the heck r u thinkin?!?!?! who cares if they are to young they did the crime they should do the time!!!!! if u got stabbed lana and u lived for it would u rather the kid go free and stab another person!?!?!? i dont think so well got to run

"This ineffectual system is also patently racist. In 1997, Bureau of Justice statistics show 60 percent of the youths entering state adult prisons were black, 19 percent were white, 13 percent were Hispanic and eight percent were other races. Once youths are arrested, reports the Justice Policy Institute, “nonwhite youths" end up in adult court two-and-a-half times more frequently than do white juveniles. Eliminating the option of trying children as adults eliminates the subjectivity that allows discrimination."

Who is to say that the statistics would be any different in a juvenile correction facility versus adult court?

I think that the policies of trying juveniles as adults needs to be reexamined. Yes, children 14 and fifteen don't realize the consequences, but after that children need to learn the implications and consequences of their actions. Once you get to abour the age of 16, you know what is right and wrong. Do you really want a sixteen or seventeen year old killer serving two years in juvenille detention and then being put back into society?

I agree that juveniles should not be charged as adults due to it's not giving them a chance. granted if they murder someone they should pay. They should make a seperate jail for juveniles so they can do they're time but still be safe.Some of the teens i go to school with tell me horror stories of what they see. it's just not right. can't that be under abuse?

What kind of babbling emotional garble is all this? Take some time off. Learn to think. Get some grammar, for God's sake, ...then check the number and dial again...

i think juveniles should be tried as adults, if they are old enouh to commit the crime then they are old enough to do the time

I need help, i am writing a pursuasive essay on this subject for school and need info. If u know of any articles or websites email me.

they shoupay for what they did . if they killed they should be punished !!!
DONT DO THE CRIME IF YOU CANT DO THE TIME!

teens dont have the maturity to understand that the crime they commited was wrong. Theres a difference between Knowing whats right from wrong and knowing why its wrong.

I agree with the author of this writing. Mrs. Cassidy-Blum has done a well job presenting her evidence. I am doing a report for Honors English I, and I am trying to deceid wether to say juveniles should be tried as adults or not. This has given me another point of veiw on the subject. Than you Mrs. Cassidy-Blum for helping my research along.

I think that if they are old enough to stab someone then they are old enough to know better. They should be rotting in jail, why not? They took someones kid, friend, brother, grandson. Maybe now the family is going to turn to crap because some idiot wants to take out his anger the wrong way.

i dont think teens should be tried as adults bc if teens can go to adult for serious crimes...then shouldnt adults who do less serious crimes be tried as juveniles & go to juvi. its only fair. if teens can be tried as adults then they should be able to do other adult things .... smoke drink & drive [not all at the same time] all legally. i think that the jails shouldntbe made by age ... it should be based on the level of the crime. if you do a serious crime you go to a worse jail with the same age group as you. instead of all different ages go to one adult jail for serious crimes. teens shouldnt just be let off either. but they shouldnt go to adult jail bc its just a school for crime.



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i don't think they should be tried b-cuz what if it was u'r bro. or sis.? --damn!!! i'd cry my heart out. just imagine so many years together & all of a sudden they'd go to jail??thats alot pain right thurr!

I think someone under the age of 18 should be tried, but to some extent. You don't go on in life and think to your self, I killed someone,and the attorney who is defending you said it was a accident, so it's ok, and that it was not your fault. Some kids need help out there and there is plenty of it. Adults have problems, and kids have problems. Kids need to know that you are not going to be a kid forever and the actions you make earlier in life won't be the same when you are 20-35 or older. Kids should not be tried as an full grown adult but should be some what punished for their wrong doings.

I feel that juveniles should be tried as adults for serious crimes. Most juveniles attend school and are required to take classes such as free enterprise that help interpret the government. They are fully aware before they commit the crime that it is unlawful and what punishments they should suffer. Taking somones life is serious and I feel that anyone under those circumstances should be tried as an adult and punished for their acts. I'm doing a debate in speech class and reading this has not pursuaded me to the other side because I have learned to look at the issue's personally. If a juvenile wrecked my home by murdering my parents I would call for justice!

u guys actually ALL have a lot of free time to add entries....

I REALLY DONT HAVE AN OPINION YET. I AM DOING A RESEARCH PROJECT ON WHAY ARE CHILDREN BEING TRIED AS ADULTS?
WHO GIVES THE RIGHT FOR THEM TO B TRIED?
ARE THERE ANY RACIAL, GENDER,ETHNICITY ISSUES THAT ARE GIVEN A THOUGHT IF THEY SHOULD BE TRIED AS AN ADULT? IF NYONE CAN HELP ME WITH THESE QUESTIONS OR GIVE ME ANY DIRECTION TO WHERE TO FIND THESE ANSWERS!!

I think that juveniles should deffinatly be tried as adults from the seriousness of the crime. They need to learn a lesson and be nailed right away after there first crime. 30% of juveniles get caught doing 2nd crime the year of there realease! So i think they should be tried as a adult for sure!

In the 19th century the courts charged kids above the age of seven with what they thought best: death, community service and so on. The court would determine if the child was guitly by determining if the child knew the difference between right and wrong. I fully disagree with this and am against it. While today it is the 21st century and while some of us are brought up knowing the difference between right and wrong sadly some of us are not. Juveniles should NOT be put to death for crimes they commit no matter what crime it is.

umm ya how is that racist... do you know the definition of racist, usually it has to do with some sort of race. look it up.

I am writing an argument on "Why juviniles should not be tried as adults" I don not believe that they should be!!

I am doing a persuasive paper for school, and, my first argument i was going to choose, was " should parents be charged with the fines from their childs crime." and i think that the parent should not. So if you have any information that supports my opinion, then email me please. if you can't find any of that, please contact me on information on Juveniles being charged as adults, i think they should...so please contact me asap. My first choice is the parents being charged with fines. Please and thank you very much...

yes they should is they know the difference between right and wrong, then they should have no problem with the law! And all of you out there that say the should... shut up! lol

I don't really have time to read everyones comments but from what I did read I gather that some of you think they should be on death row, and others believe they should be sent to through the juvinile court system. First of all, the mind set of a minor and an adult are so far apart, not saying that an 17 year old and an 18 year old are at different ends of it all, but through the years of 15-20, I believe and have grown immensly in my mind. I see things so much differently now and some of the mistakes I made as a kid have taught me life long lessons. For instance, I will never steal anything again. It's just not worth it. These changes I went through have turned me into a better person, and I honestly didn't know right from wrong when I was a kid. Teens who do things that are considered heinous don't really understand the magnitude of what they are doing. They should be sentenced and punished for their actions, but not placed in adult prisons where they will be subject to beating and rape. Teens need to be taught right from wrong and have the ability to grow as citizens. Placing teens with men 3 times their age can only have negative effects. Teens need their own facility where they can rehabilitate and learn. Something needs to be done to give KIDS another chance. Sometimes parents don't do such a good job at raising their children, but I don't thing prisons are good at it either. Thanks for reading.

don't do the crime if you can't do the time

screw the kids!!!! you pay for terrible crime you sick children!!!

I don't believe juveniles should be tried as adults. I'd have to say I agree w/ Ty. Most kids don't have the same mind as someone older then them. They shoudn't be placed in prison w/ people old enought to be their fathers and grandfathers b/c then look at what kind of things can get done to them. Also people do get set up. They shoudln't be sent to prison when their like 13 or 14 b/c someone didn't look into all the details and they ended up gettin' the blame for it! It isn't right at all. I'm doing a research paper for my english class and am having a very hard time findging sites that I can get information from that actually go along w/ my view point and was only able to find one book and interview one person. Please if anyone knows any good sites that I can find information on this for please email me. You email me on the address given or at AngelPrincess279@aol.com AngelPrincess279@yahoo.com or at LoLiPoPgIrL1886@wildmail.com Just label the subject line as prison info thank you very much.

I think that juveniles should be tried as adults. If they know how to shoot or kill someone than they know what their doing. I'm writing a paper for english, if anyone knows any good websites email them to me. JUVENILES SHOULD BE TRIED AS ADULTS IF THEY COMMIT A SERIOUS CRIME!!!!

i think juveniles sould be tried as adults because when they commit a crime they are not scared of going to jail,cauce they know their not going to get a severe sentencce.then they commit a crime again,they dont learn their lesson.

I fully agree with what you have stated. When a juvenille is tried as an adult or sentenced to an adult prison, his or her chances of being raped, molested, beaten, abused (verbally or physically), and going back to prison are very much increased. It is wrong that juvenilles are sentenced to a life in prison for stupid small things that everyone has done in some form in one point in their life. Don't get me wrong, if a high schooler goes to school and empties a magazine on his school mates and teachers he should be punished for what he has committed. The point that I am trying to make is that there needs to be some line, or better way to test a child's maturity level to see how they are tried. I dont know about you but i dont want to move next to a juvenille serial killer. Give it some thought, and we all have different feelings.

i don't think they should be tried as adults unless they committed murder, arson, rape, kidnapping, etc. not b/c they stole some food from kroger's. you have 2 know when to sentence them what. it depends on the severity of the crime, but i do agree with the article above

I really don't think it's right for kids to be treated like adults when they do the crime. Most of these kids out here learn from there parents and go out there and follow in there footsteps. They don't realize there throughing there whole life away. Having been to juvenille for something I didn't even do has changed my life but I still want to go out there and get in trouble.

I have read this article and I didnt agree with most of the things on here. I, myself, do agree with the comment made by Diana from 2003. She is right, if the juvenile has commited the crime such as an adult would, they should have to take responsibility for what they have done. I do not think they should be given another chance because what if they were 13 and had killed a 12 year old, they just took away that kids life. That kid didn't get a second chance. Why should the person that commited the crime be given a second chance if the person they killed can't?

I do think that it is right that juveniles are being tried as adults....on certain crimes.....People say that the child should be given a second chance to do right because they have their whole lives ahead of them. Well What if that child of 13 had killed a child of 12? That 12 year old doesn't get a second chance. Why should we be easy on a person of any age that has commited a crime? They did the crime so they should take responsibitiy for their actions.

i think juviniles shouldnt be tried as adultsb/c there just kids and they dont know any better

I am also doing a research paper on if children should be tried as adults and I think they should. There are so many brutal crimes out there that children committ just as much as adults and this is always go to happen. Even if they are tried as adults. There are so many reasons why they should and shouldn't be tried as adults but I would have to side more with the fact that they should be tried as adults.

I believe that kids under the age of 18 shouldn't be charged as adults for what they do. They should get in trouble, but not to this extent. They have not lived, they have ot even really started life. They have not the same rights as adults, the same prvelidges, same pleasures or the same life. Why should we get the rights of kids, and the punishments of adults?

i think the parents of juviniles should be charged for any crime thier child committ.

I believe that juveniles should NOT be tried as adults.4 one, they could have been peer pressured to do it and no matter what anybody says u care about what other people think about y. Also, juveniles face so much danger in adult prisons it is crazy. They could be sexually assaulted, tortured, beaten and murdered. A lot of the kids in adult prisons are driven to the point where they commit suicide. think about that.

Children should not be tried as adults! In today's society the adults are constantly telling the youth that we give up on them. Children that commit crimes are often times acting out because of neglect they experienced in their homes. These children that commit crimes should be penalized, but in a more human and better structured way. Many of the children deserve a second chance at living a more productive life and trying them as adults takes that chance away.

I am 17 years old. I am in a juvenile level eight program in Orlando florida. I don't think they should be trying kids as adults. Being in this system I know alot of kids that are looked up because the judges chose to send them to the county jail instead of a program. They need to give them a second chance. They don't lock kids up because of their color or what they look like or if they are male or female. I have serve almost two years on my first offense only because I violated my after care when I was released in Dec. of 2002. They lock Juveniles up because of their charges. The seriousness of it. Example:
I stole a car (my fathers)when I was 15 years old. I was on the run for 7 months. They (DJJ) tried to send me back here to florida from michigan, But I got off the plane after the people left in NC. I went back up to michigan and was locked back up. They extridicted me from Michigan to Florida. I went to a program in largo florida call florida youth academy for 9Months. It is a level eight. (there are levels 2-school,4-most are closed,6,8,10)then I violated my after care and was sent to another where I am at now. I have been here 11 months. I won't be out until June or july.
If you want to email me I will write you when I get out.
My email address is
Libertystar1@excite.com
Thanks!!

i think that children should be tried as adults depending on the crime!! u did the crime now do the time!!

I am doing a debate on this topic of choice and i was in the middle of being for it and then being against it now i kind of understand what is the big deal sbout this children being in a prison with grown men that murder and rape

i am doing an essay on this topic and i am all for teens being persecuted as adults.

Well when it comes to this topic I would have to say NO. There are many factors that one must look at. The mental state of the youth sould be looked at in a great way. I think that the question that I would have to ponder on would be should the parents of the minors be punished for the minors actions? I am interested to see what anyone would have to say about that. FEEL FREE E-MAIL ME:-)

im doing a debate on this subject and this did not help

I am not for juveniles being tried as adult because we hold the future and when an individual get into trouble and makes a mistake they shouldn't be endited into an institution for the rest of their life. IT IS UNCAUSED FOR!!!!!!

does the 8th ammentment in our constitution say or not say that the courts cannot issue any "cruel and unusual punishments"? children do not have the state of mind or the experiences in knowing what a crime really is. they cant be held responsible for their actions. our country has a reputation and a future. do we really want to ruin all that?

i am doing a debate in my language class right now. we are learning persuasive speech and history at the same time. studies show that children are at a higher risk of suicide, murder, rape, and harrassment from adult men and women if sent to adult prison. why ruin our future? why ruin theirs?

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Minors should be tried as adults for serious offenses. However, they should not be placed in the same facilities as adults. If a juvenile as the mentality to commit such a crime in the first place they should be able to serve the time just as well, and granted no leniancy based on their age.

IM doing a research paper for my law class at dutchess community college and i feel that, it should be determed by the seriousness of the crime and also the age in some form of way.

I totally agree! If children are able to commit a crime such as one of an adult, they should get charged as an adult would.

i believe taht children above the age of 11 should be charged as an adult because their old enough to know right from wrong to most everything.

I believe that juveniles should be tried as adults. I'm doing a paper right now at cy-fair college for my english class on whether or not junenile offenders should be tried as an adult with the possibility of the death penalty for their punishment. I'm all for it. If my 5 year old sister can have enough knowledge to know that killing is wrong then a 15 or 16 year old should as well. What if someone you loved was killed? You would want the killer punished no matter who they are or what their age is right? If you're old enough to do the crime then you're old enough to suffer the consequences. Age is just a number. Why should we let a 15 or 16 year old kid get away with a 5 to 10 year sentence just because of a two year difference of being an "adult"? If we continue to charge them as adults, then it will make other offenders think twice about their actions dont you think???

NO WAY ... Not all cases are the same ... so, not all juveniles should be sentenced the same way ... if you're a juvenile, you're tried as juvenile (under 18). In a case of 1st degree murder, done without, outright malice, they should hold that child up to age 23 automatic and try to rehabilitate him and if he/she does well, and completes all areas needed, they are released on probation ... if they mess up again ... then they should be tried as an adult ... I am 16, and believe in schools over jails... I have never been in trouble but still see that kids need more of a chance in life. I even think a juvenile is up to age 19. Everyone is so quick to judge and spurt out things they don't know or understand... EDUCATION and REHABILITATION always wins over jail or prison time.

I guess it matters on the child, everyone has the opinion of " yeah he/she is just a kid, it was an accident they pulled out a gun on their teacher and shot this innocent person. if we dont punish kids severely now, they wont think there is much of a consequence to thier actions. Though in opposition, what good is sending a kid to juve, then off to prison. what good will come out of that. What will happen is this kid is going to be around these major murderers who might teach this fresh kid how not to get caught. And this kid could come out an even better criminal then when he went in. its called guess, the gov. hopes its doing the right thing rehabilitating, and hopes it works out for the better bc, there is a possibility of anarchism if we dont imprison the so called ignorant youth.

Hi,
I am writing a problem/solution paper and I was wondering if you can email some information on this topic. It will gladly be appreciated. I need statistics on this subject as well as what solutions are out there already. Thank you very much.

I don't agree with having teens beihg with adults because they could get hurt since they are not as tough or strong as the other people. They could even get raped.

I'm doing a presentation on abolishing juvenile courts for one of my classes at Monroe Community College. All the information I have found right now leads me to believe that we should be able to try juveniles as adults if they crime is serious enough. Regardless if the juvenile as to go to prison and be with people twice his age, they were aware of what they were doing when committing the crime, now they need to pay for what they have done. If you committ a crime serious enough of being brought to the adult court system, you should have known better and should understand that you need to pay for what you did. We cannot keep giving juvenile offenders a slap on the wrist. The only thing this does for them right now is show them that we aren't as strong as we think and if they commit another crime they will be ok because they are still considered a juvenile. I think if the crime is bad enough, its time to spend time with the big boys!

what side is this article taking?

i am doing a speech on this and i would really appreciate any help you could offer.

i think juveniles should not be charged as adults because kids don't have the person in their life to tell them what to

Society is constantly concerned with how the crimnal is feeling and what is best for them. What I want to know is when is society going to begin to care about the victims that these "kids" murdered, and the lives that they destroyed in their wake. I think that if they juveniles have the mind capability to committ acts that take a life, then they should be held to the highest degree. Whoever said that kids should not be held responsible for their actions is a fool, and should be thrown in jail for stupidity.

I am doing a speech on the subject juveniles being tried as adults and i really need information, so can you all plese help me.

i am currently working on a persuasive essay in my english clas at CHB middle school and i am against juveiles being charged as adults

i'm totally with the thought of juvenille being as a adult ; you do the time you deserve to serve the time i am doing a report on it can you tell me the punishments forcertain cause like stealing

I don't think that a sixteen year old should be put in jail with an adult. Why would you make a child sulfer like that what if that was your child.

Your site is a waste of space. All it stated was that this one guy did this and that happend to him....... Not much info pertaining to this subject, but only to this one guy.......You must be afiliated with him or something like that.....

yes they should be tried as adults there mentallity was similar to that of an adult for which they should put up with the consequences

yes they should be tried as adults there mentallity was similar to that of an adult for which they should put up with the consequences

I don't think they should be tried as adults because little kids are going to make stupid mistakes. Everyone deserves a second chance. They can live with the fact that they murdered a human being, isn't that enough of a punishment that will hunt them for the rest of there life.

I think if you are 15-17 you have the mental capacity to know right from wrong. If you bring a knife to school with intent to injure or kill someone you know there will be severe consequences, and you shouldnt be able to escape them in juvinile court. I think that the violence and sexual abuse that the minors will be subjected to in prison will be a good wake up call to the real world....Why should a 16 year old murderer have a lighter sentence than a 20 year old murderer with the same mental capacity. Some juviniles should DEFINATELY be charged as adults.

Im gonna keep it real cuz i have been tried as an adult. Its not fair because i was a little shorty growing up with them thugs, not having a father eats u up alive and the pain is just not worth killing for, but i did, but i didnt know how much harm it would impact. But i was a little kid i wasnt that wise so kids dont think like adults. But anyone can pick up a gun and kill somebody, but their intentions are to kill and they dont know how much harm they bring, and a adult knows what he does. So a child shouldnt be tried as an adult.

teenagers who knowing commit adult crimes should face adult punishments

well what I have to say is that these statements are entirely unfounded..for instance; the system is racist? How can the system be racist? It cannot. To have human emotion or human faults one must be human, therefore this "system" cannot be racist. Rather than blaming this system maybe we should look at who is really responsible for this "Racism". The prosecutors, the judge maybe? All of these people are responsible for deciding who needs to be tried as an adult. Thats all for now.

in agust of 2001 the pittizburg post gazette argued that juveniles in adult court systems didnt reform liftime crminals but actually created them

i have only known of the system that transfers teens from juvi when they are adults to then adult prison. i didnt actually know that they send 13-15 year old to adult prison. First of all thats just wrong to send a teen to an adult facility where they are more likely to learn more bad things where in juvi they get rehab. But for the most part, the writer of this article needs to get more evidence to back up her stuff. she only has one boy to prove her point. and the racisim comment. please. with much sarcasim, your right, us judges and prosecutors are only out to send the black to jail. they get sent there because they didnt commit any crimes at all, it was just because of there color. that is bais and everyone knows it. and what is this segregation.....didnt we not fight for how many years for nonsegregation in this country. oh but its only for certain issues, because us blacks need to be protected from the whites. i will not run and hide from nobody. and i wont segregate myself either.

hey thats pretty good stufff thx for the info and ill c ya in med schooooooool!

um im doing a reserch paper on this and its really annoying so give me some GOOD info and ill be able to use it

and uh anyhot guys out there give me a call

I would like to say that i am doing a debate right now, and this page has helped a lot. Not the information, but the other people's input, and that is why i am writing this.
Teens shouldn't be tried as adults, it is too brutal in the prison. they are more lickely to be raped beat or even killed in prison than in juvinile facilities.
they also dont recieve the right amount of education htye should.
At least they recieve a little in the facilities.
Well if you wanna talk to me. email me, it is real, oh yeh yoyu probably wont understnad it
anyways
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Hey, theres alot of comments! I believe that children should not be charged as adults, because... well...THERE NOT! Luckily most people agree with me but there are a few idiots who responded differently.

i feel if your old enough to committ a crime than your old enogh to do the time. I mean it's Ridiculous to honestly sit there and say oh well he can get a little time or he shouldn't got to jail he should do juvi.when heor she killed 5or8 people. Are you serious the Purpose of life yes is to make mistakes, but when you commit a crime it should'nt matter how old. what nationality nothing you commit it therefore you should suffer the consequences. Hope- fully that person can refelct on what he did if not oh well ,that's also apart of society.

My grandson was raped in jail at 17yrs of age. He has a lawsuit about this. Then he was under bond and went back to jail for a minor charge and they dropped his other bond and raised his bond to $75000 Then he went to court on the minor charge and was found not guilty. His attorney filed a motion to reinstate his other bond and to release him and the judge said he is not gonna get out. Since the rape I have fixed it where teens in this adult jail are separated from adults. My grandson is on lock down for 23 hrs per day. I think the judge is violating the law and daniels rights. Daniel has not committed any violent crime.This judge thinks he's god in this town.I need help with this and I have been going to county meetings. Please let me know something.

Sarah Montgomery

I believe that juviniles should not be trailed as adults,but i feel that they deserve more punishment than the juvinile system can give them.What we need is a systems for adolscents the age 13-17 that will give them the punishment they deserve,not to harsh not to easy.

Everybody who has given their comment has a right to just that. No one is wrong or right. Someone said that they feel that the juvenile does not know the consequences that they may face when the crime is committed. Come on now, God gave you a mind to think. A mind to determine what is right and what is wrong. If a minor, even that 11 year old in Michigan, is capable of making that decision of taking someone else's life, he is capable of being tried as an adult. Yes, many of the juvenile's who are in adult pens face a life long journey of hardship and pain, but that is the life that he/she has chosen. On the other hand, if the crime is something like petty theft, then by all means, send them to YDC (Youth Detention Center) let them try to get some rehab. If not, well then send them to those participating states where they havae a "3 strikes and you're an adult" rule.

I THINK THAT JUVENILES SHOULD NOT BE TRIED AS AN ADAULT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ADAULTS. ALSO IF CHILDREN GET ALL ADAULT RIGHTS THAT MEANS THAT A 9 YEAR OLD COULD SMOKE LEGELLY.

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I don't think that juvenille's should be tried as adults unless they have been through the juvenille system and refuse to be rehabilitated.

I feel that if a juvenille has not been in the juvenille detention centers that he/she should be given the chance of going to one of the juvenille facilities for rehabilitation.

I have a son who have never been in the juvenille system before and was charge with a murder(there was no physical evidence and his DNA was negative) that three other juvenilles that had been in the system from 4 to 17 times accused my son of being the killer. That is not right. Our judical system took the word of 3 juvenilles whom had been in and out of the system for not just once but constantly. My son took a plea because he was afraid that he would be sentence to death (this is what the detective told me) or if we would go to trail he would get 44 years. My son and I did not know the law so I hired a attorney who took my son to the prosecutor's office to sign papers for a plea bargin.

What is going to happen to our children if the are lost in a system that do not care. Who will protect them?

I think that if they kill someone they should get killed right back.

thanks for the info

well no because students should not be too betried as adults unless they have been through the juvenile center unless they have been throughthe juvenille systemand refusesystem rehabilitated

I think they shoudn't be tried as adults because they ain't adults

Hello. My name is Connie and I am currently writing a paper on Juveniles being Tried as Adults. I find this article very helpful, but it would be even more helpful if I could find out where the information from this paragraph was founded from:

Maryland should join the eight states that currently have a policy of segregated incarceration. In these states, children convicted in criminal court can be sentenced to a program that separates children from adults. The youths remain in the program for the duration of their sentence, which may continue after they reach adulthood. Through the program, youthful offenders receive educational, vocational and life skills training as well as substance abuse treatment. Segregated incarceration offers rehabilitation that teens need in order to have a second chance in society.

It would be greatly appreciated if you could lead me in the right direction.

it depends on the age of the child say a five year old kid finds a gun laying on a table and pulls the trigger and kills someone. the parent should be responsible leaving the gun out locked and loaded..
say a 14 yr old kid takes a gun to school to kill a kid because he hates him and he kills him. he knew what he was doin so i know he is responsible for his actions and he should be given adult time because he did a adult crime

I think that if a child or a teenager knows exactly what they are doing and porously murders someone should be put in a juvenile detention center and when they turn 18 years of age should be put in jail. There are some teens that commit murder that are much more mature than adults. I don't understand how they can not charge some 15 years old that murders someone as an adult but charge a 21 year old. There is no difference. Because the 15 year old could be more mature than the 21 year old. I just don't understand it. It doesn't matter how old you are. If you murdered someone you should have to pay for what you did for the rest of your life. Even if you do or don't regret it.

Hey i'm 17 years old and have to do a esearch paper on under age crime and have my opinio along with other peoples opinion on if children or teenagers should be charged as adults. If anyone could please e-mail with your opinios and things about this topics. It will really help. thanx a bunch!!!

I disagree with our legislature and goverenment completely. Due to the fact oof their ignorance we have had numerous of juveniles incarcerated with adults and now they are probably rape victims or DEAD. I think that when a child (5-18) is going through a trial that determines their future and life, the court should make reasonable and justified desicions. I don't agree with any-one getting the death penalty because I am a Christrian and only God can judge wheather an individual's life should be taken not man. However,there should be some kind of program that minorities and other juvenile deliquents can attend that would make them change their perspectives of life and way of living. Also, if a child has murdered someone or harm society they should be punished accordingly and should be indited in a juvenile deetention center until they have reached the age of 18 then if no change has taken place then be sent to prsion. As Americans we should look towards the future and examine ourselves, legislature, and our goverenment.

i think that if they hurt somebody they should be tried as adults.What i mean by hurt is being killed or paralized.Other wise i think that they should not. It also depends on how old theey are.

this topic has been great for my policy paper...anyways...i think children should be tried as adults depending on the crime, age and also other factors that will tell. Even if convicted as adults, i dont think they should go to an adult prision, they should do their time in juvi, then if time is still remaining then they go to prision or jail. Remember, children are a reflection of a father and what the father and mother does, most likely a child will do to...email me if u wanna discuss this further or just for comments...later

Hi, I'm writing a persuasive essay at my college that is explaining children should not be tried as adults if you could help me find any information and statistics to lead me in the right direction. Anything will be greatly appreciated

i think that minors should be charged as adults for murder if they are over the age of 10, unless they have a COMPLETELY lagitimate reason.If they are capable of comiting such HORRIBLE crimes as children, think of what they would do as adults! it could save lives if they were locked up in prison.

I'm writing a persuasive essay on this subject for my english class. If any one could send me some good sites I would apprectiatite that.

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i am in the ninth grade and i am supposed to be writing an informative speech and i would like some informattion on this please.

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I am 13 years old doing my eight grade project on "should minors who commit adult crimes serve adult time" and if anyone could e-mail some information about this I would be happy. Thank you

I have to write an essay about this subject and this has really helped me out
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If a child commits a serious crime, like killing someone, living on the rest of their lifes is a punishment. Knowing that you took someone's life, turned their lights out, they and gone, forever.
That must be pretty bad.

Juveniles think differently then adults.

They should be sent to a juvenile court. When you are a adult, you should get tried as a adult, when you are a kid, you should get tried as a kid.

Many people think, "When you kill someone, you should be killed." I think no. The USA is one of the very few countrys in the world that kills people. So far 6 states have executed children. Thats 6 too many.

What goes on inside a kids mind when they kill someone. Probably confusion, they don't know what their doing when they kill someone, its right after that, then they start thinking.

Now I think that they should spend as many years in rehabilitation as they need, becuase if you kill someone you must have some kind of confushion. Some of you out there who have kids. If some other kids killed your kid you would want that kid to be executed. But, if your kid killed another kids you would want your kid to stay alive and go into rehabilitation. So i think, either way, that kids should go into rehabilitation.

I don't think adults should be executed either.

Im just one of the millions out there who think kids should not be executed.

Maybe thats becuase im a kid, but thats my opinion.

The brain of a youth may not be as developed as that of an adult, however isn't it a fact of life "killing is a crime"? I knew killing was bad when I was 4 or 5 years old and if we send a message that if you are not an adult you can get away with murder, i dont know how parents can sleep at night

When you kill some one they are dead, no matter what your age or reason is, you took someones life. You took someones life that was helpless and vulnerable, and you killed it. Wheather or not you should die for it is up to a judge but if you are old enough to kill someone you are old enough to serve the time, as an adult. Murder is a crime.

Do you think that its fair for juveniles to get away with murder just because of their age? If we allow juveniles' punishment be a few years in a correction facility for murder, than that isn't justice for the victim and it isn't safe for society. They say juveniles, which are people under 18, are immature and unable to know right from wrong so is it safe to say a 17 year old with a birthday tommorrow is unable to know right from wrong. It wouldn't be fair to put all juveniles in juvenile facilities.

I think that when a crime is committed.. the person who committed the crime should get the same punishments as people before time, no matter the, we as humans are taught right from wrong, and even if a childs parents are not exactally "fit parents" the children should learn not to do as their parents do but to change their life and make it easier on themselves. When you commit a crime you commit a crime, no matter your age If you kill sumone you should serve the time indicated.. I think that if you kill someone, you shoudl be killed, the pain that the family would go threw because you say " you didnt know what you were doing".. do to others as you would like to be done too you.
Im a teenager, and I know right from wrong and i know that killing people is a crime, so why would you take the chance, Accidents arent meant to happen.. and people always say that certain things were accidents but really in life, everything does happen for a reson, and maybe if you obey by the laws and rules that the world has laid out for us, accidents wouldnt happen. An accident is something that cant be prevented, and most "accidents" can be. Children need to realize that just because they are younger that they shouldnt get away with what they are doing and teh crimes they are committed, the law system needs to come up with a better solution other then just committy service, to prove to a teen or child that committing a crime is not right, i think that what ever the sentence is for an adult who committs the crime is should be the same for an teen or child.

~I am doing an essay on children being charged as adults....Negative and Positive affects~ if anyone has any info can you email it to me..thanx!!!

Juveniles shouldn't be able to get away with murder just because they're 13 my age. All my life I've been smart enough to appretiate life and know right from wrong. Murder is murder that's that.

should minors be tried as an adult in the court system? No they should not. If you treat a minor as an adult in court then why not let them have the rest of the rights that an adult has. They can not get these right because, they are to young and are not fully grown, that is why you can not drink alchol if your under 21. if a minor has the right to be an adult in the court system then why not in the real world.

well no i dont think they should unless they have been through the juvenille system and reahbitated

well no i dont think they should be cause people around the world have been do a srious crime and really i dont think teens should be tried as adults

i think that it is very cruel to charge youg children for adult crimes i think that they should be charged for them when they turn the age of 18 cause that is the official age that they are considered to be an adult which is the legal voting age.

I really think that every cas should be taken very carefully. Many of you say that if they are old enough to commit the crime they should pay up like everyone else...but think about kids who are threatened or scared, specially under 13 years old. Do you really think that an 11 year old knows the seriousness of his acts when killing someone? And there may be other answers when you are being threatened, but fear is a BIG opponent. Depending on the case, background of the kid, personality, age, crime, etc... the person should be tried the way that would help him and society better, IF tried at all. Because if you tell me "kill someone or i'll kill your mother" Iwould kill. If I tell the cops, Im dead meat and so is my family. Im not gonna risk their lives like that. (Unless there is some other safe solution)

I for one think that depending on the severity of the crime should the case be handled in an adult court or in a juvenile court. Murder in whatever case form or situation should immediatly be posed as an adult case

i'm doing a debate on tis topic so thanks

i Beleive that if a juvenile murders some one else, they should automaticly be tried as adults. The families of the dead person don't care what age he/she is. They just want them off the streets, so no further crimes from them can be committed. Yes, i beleive children know the difference between right and wrong, even at the age of 11.

I agree with this paper completely. It is true how are juveniles going to learn what they did was wrong if you are only putting them in a more negative enviroment.

im jessie and im doin my 8th grade project on should kids who commit adult crime serve adult time send me some info thankyou

i don't feel that children should be tried as adults because they haven't had the time to fully develop their rational thinking. true enough they should know right from wrong. however more than likely these children have had a very rough life. they should be given a second chance to be a part of society instead of rotting in an adult prison with absolutely no chance to rehabilitate.

i think that if u r 9-21 u should be put in jail 4 life & no release.

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i thinnk that no teens should be put in with adults hahahhahahahahaha

i think teens and youths should never be tired as adults no matter what and if people disagrre w/my opion email me but you will never change my mind

I think if the crime is bad enough then yes teens should be tried as adults because they don't learn their lesson they will keep on doing it if they don't see the real punishment they should get.

dr. dewlott :: dlittle @yahoo.com :: 3/25/2004
i think the parents of juviniles should be charged for any crime thier child committ.

I totaly agree i think that the abusive parents should be held accountable for what they pushed there son/daughter too do what they did !

My son turned 14 May 20, 2004 The court is going to decide whether or not to try him as an adult for class a felonies he commited on Wednesday November 3, 2004 and are holding him without bail in the juvenile facility here in Knoxville Tennessee He has no prior history no police record I am searching for help in this matter if anyone can give me assistance or guaidance please respond they decide Monday November 15,2004

i am currently doing a research paper on this exact topic. with the research that i have done so far i believe that tennagers should not b tried as adults and given a chance to rehabilitate themselves especially if it is there first offense. i also know that not all the states work their systems the same way, it all depends on the way that the certain state works their justice system.

I am a college student, and doing my current research paper on this topic. If you are too ignorant to fully understand this topic, than you shouldn't be responding. No matter what the age, children are aware of what they are doing, and any child who goes through with an act of violence should be tried for the crime they've committed, not their age. Sentences should be based on motive and intent, not on age. There are children around the age of ten and eleven that are having sex. If they should get pregnant, are they not responsible for that child because they are only children themselves? No, they should act as adults, because they CHOSE to make adult decisions. The courts should give that some serious thought...

I agree with several others that when it comes to trying juveniles as adults it needs to go on a case by case scenerio. I was a juvenile delinquent and commited many crimes. Yes, I knew right from wrong but I was a product of my enviroment and was raised with criminals. I was rehabilitated, put in foster care,and I am proud to say that now I am a responsible adult. I have the knowlege and tools to guide me in my life choices that we do not usually have as youth. I am a Criminal Justice major and I would be more than happy to give debate and feedback to any who want to discuss this subject. Please do not email me if your uneducated and angry. I only want informed respectful debating. Not opinion bashing.

I am also doing a paper on this topic. I am a college student and my major is Psychology. If anyone knows anything about psych they will understand that children are not the same as adults. No matter how we would like them to be. We were all once children and that is why we were classified as children, physically, mentally, and etc...we are not adults. To many factors play a role in the decisions that are made. Is genetics a factor? Nature VS. Nurture? Environment, etc.....We are a society quick to blame our children for everything. Every era has its cohort. And then they new children were not adults. But know we are a society of justice and no reason. The constatution needs to protect our kids, because it is you people who forget you once young want to hurt them and that will not do in this world.

I am a college student and I am majoring in Criminal Justice. I believe that if a child kill someone they should be treated as an adult.

I think children who have a history of commiting crimes are old enough to suffer the consequences. How else are they going to take any responsiblity for what they do, besides letting children "off the hook", only encourages them to commit more crimes.

i think that a juvinile should not be tried as a adult because everything has reason behin d it

Children shouldn't be tried as adults because they aren't mature enough to handle it. Even if they make a big mistake, there is always time to correct it when their young.

i dont think teens should be charged as adults be cause its cruel to teenns and i believe that once teens go to juvy or go to court i think they learn there lesson from the beggining sometimes they dont learn there lesson because of the people they hang out with but i do hang out with the wrong croud most of the time but i dont follow in there footsteps i have gotten in trouble and i went to court and ever since i have been there i am never goin back because i learned my lesson

i am doing a speech on teens being tried as adults and i would relly like some help so could u plz send me information

I'm sorry to say, but I completely disagree with this statement. It looks like you have done your research, however, I don't think you have looked at the opposite side of this problem. By the time a child has reached the age of no more than eight, they should be well aware of what's right and wrong. Minors do have this understanding and know the consequences before hand. If they are still willing to jepordize their freedom, their future, then they should be punished just as everyone else. Maybe the best thing for them is to be "Scared Strait;" I mean that's why they still have the program. We shouldn't teach children in a way that if they do something, as severe as get caught with drugs or do something to hurt another, they only get a slap on the wrist. That just leaves the door open for them to do it again, because the punishment wasn't that harsh. Just as my previous statements minors are fully capable of comprehending the difference between right and wrong; they know they have a choice, and they know which one they need to make. The only reson I say this is because I too am still a minor.

~Tigress~

hey Steph you are right about children not knowing what crime really is but we are talking about juveniles not about children juveniles have knowlege about what is wrong and what is right so they should be tried as adults

Children should not be tried as adults, for violent crimes. My dad is in the county prision and just told me that a 16 year old had just arrived for a non-violent crime. He is facing time at the state pen. This child is in the hospital ward until he is tried (as an adult) because they can't put him with the general population of prisioners. In the hospital ward they have their own cell. My dad said that when the child arrived all of the criminals started howling like animals. When children are put with adults they have no chance for a future. They need to be rehabilitated, not brutilized! Thanks for this web site. I am doing research on this topic for my college english paper.

Steph - 8th grader so you are saying if a teen killed someone then they shouldn't be held responsible yeah right if a teen killed someone they know that is wrong. I knew that killing someone was wrong since i was a little kid so don't go saying that teens shouldn't be held responsible for there crimes. if you have anything to say about my opinion just e-mail me and tell me what you think. by the way i'm a 7th grader.

This is a great example of juveniles but him escaping trail charges is unsuffiecent for the common mind reader.

Children should definitely be tried as adults, they know what their doing. Especially if they kill someone they should be punished, who wants a murderer running free, think about it if they did something that horrifying as a child think how they will be as an adult if not correctly punished.

juvinlies r dangouros lock them up

I think juveniles should be tried as adults because if they do the crime they should do the time. If they think they are old enough to hurt someone they should get hurt back because it was their fault to make that discousin in the first place!

I really don't know its kind of hard to decide on weather or not to convict. its a hard decision.

Your wrong I think that children should be tried as adults in some cases. Perty much what this paper is saying that if a child commits a really bad crime (like killing someone) that we should just lock them up by themselves and slap them on the wrist and say everything is going to be okay. Then let them out in a few years to kill someone again. I think that they should be exposed to adult criminals to scare them out of there minds and make them not want to go back to prison. Kids aren't dumb they know the difference between right and wrong. And if they dont then the parents should be the ones at blame.

yes yes yes they should cause they know whats right from wrong and killing is just wrong

I agree with you. There are so many laws that children can't do. For instance; voting, buying alcohol, renting cars, etc. They also aren't as mature as adults, and may not no any better. Others may, but that doesn't change the fact that they are mature enough. I think that they should think about all of the laws, before they consider minors tried as adults. You had very strong points, that I really agree on.

i think that it depends all on the cass it ust depends on what the children have done

children should be charged as juveniles and not as adults rgardless of the offense. a child is a child and an adult is an adult. if we treat a child as an adult then we might as well let them smoke, drink, drive, and even vote. i dont care if the child is 17. they are still labeled as a child. if a 17 yr.old commit murder and get 20 yrs. he should stay in a juvenile facility untill he turns 18 then be put into an adult prison to complete the 19 yrs. that is left. a fair punishment for an adult is an unfair punishment for a child.

YOu make some very good points. I am in the process of writing a paper on the same topic. As for Carsh and Burn children may know right from wrong but what makes you think you can explain to them what they did wrong the same way you can explain it to an adult. Mentally you can not.

In my opion I do not thing that it is right that Juveniles are being charged with serious time in adult prisons. Soem in which should be locked up in a Juvenile Detion facilty. Although is the child has a mental issue that needs to be adressed in court, which can look good and or bad on the childs case. I think that if the child knows what they do wrong then they should be summitted into the approite age group of the other inmates. If they know what they did wrong and plied guilty to their charge then they should go to an adult prison if 16 and over. Not a young child.

They sould be tried as adults because if your old enough to pull the trigger your old enough to spend the rest of your life thinking about it.

I think that juveniles shouldn't be tried as adults because, although they may know between right and wrong, I think that they should be put in rehabilitation facilities where they can be treated with all of their rage and anger and learn how to use it in a healthy way....Why put these kids in jail where they will be under the influence of criminals and just learn how to be better criminals? I say treat them and help fix the problem. Besides, if you put these children in jail the may be traumitized for the rest of your life. Many children find theirselves regretting a lot of the things tghat they will do in their life, even without jail. You don't know what these kids have been through, or what their family is like...I'm not saying that that makes it ok but they may just not know any different and they might need help.

I think teens who commit violent crimes should be tried as adults. It is not fair
to the victim or the victims family for the
suspect to be out in our communities and
they are suffering. It is just not fair.

i think juveniles should be tried as adults because they know right from and they probly committed those crimes just for attention or just because the were angry

I'am doin a research paper dealing with the kids being charged as an adult I need more research so plzz., send me some at my email kimberly_marie233@hotmai.com and i think that their should not be a lawit should just go trail by trail

I feel that juvenile punishment should be determined on a case-by-case matter. There should be certain factors considered when prosecuting: maturity level, background, and past criminal record. If a person commits a crime without the capability of fully comprehending the severity of the crime, then their punishment should be lesser.
Some individuals come from a very different background with diferent family morals and values. If someone doesn't know right from wrong, then they shouldn't be punished for their ignorance, they should be corrected and rehabilitated. If you see a crime being commited like drug abbuse or something acted by your parents, your "role models", then an individual is more likely to commit the same act.If a person has a problem, it should get fixed,but not punished.
And finally, if a person has been in trouble for the same crime multiple times and has made no effort to correct his or her mistake, then their punishment should increase in severity or adapt to what teaches them.Only then, should they be put into an adult prison.

I am doing a research paper for my English paper and my question for this paper is: Should children be tried as adults for extreme violent offenses? If anyone has any information on this subject or if you know some great websites that do, could you please send me some info on my e-mail. It will be greately appreciated.

Teens should not be tried as adults. They are teens. If that was your kid being treid then you would not want that. Expecially if they have something wrong with them and they didn't know what they were doing. If I had son that shoot this boy and they were gonna put him in jail, but he had a mental disablilty then I don't think that is right. But if they don't have something wrong then they should be sent to do their time then be put through rehabilation.

I say no because 1)teens who get sent to adult prisons they are more likely to get killed, hurt, and or they could end up losing and eye or something close to it.This has happen before in other cases. 2) Also teens are more likely to get out and do even worse things than what the did, because of the way they were treated. 3)They should have the choice of ether prison or rehab. because prisons make matters worse and if they go to rehab. they will have a much better chance of not doing it again.

I'm writing a persuasive essay for class, and could you help me by giving more reasons on why minors should be allowed to drive?

I ahve had a personal experience about this. My best freind was shot and killed. The killer was sixteen yrs old and only got two years in juvy. In my opinion if you have the knowledge, and are that cold to take someone elses life then you should have to do the time. this is just an opinion. But i feal strongly about it

i don't think that it's right for teens to be tried as adults. people make mistakes everyday in life and thier given second chances. these are teens/ kids where talking about and because they made a mistakes worse than others doesn't mean that their whole life should be took away. they deserves second chances just like evryone else

i think that children shouldnt be tried as adults because they dont know wut they're
doing. I have had an experience and wuz almost arrested for something i didnt do but wuz part of i had no intentions but i still got suspended from school for 10 days for nothing cuz nothing happened.
i do not want to release my name so i am anonymous.

Hello. I am doing a research paper on whether or not children should be tried as adults. I read what you have written about this issue, and im thankful for the information you have provided. So thank you. Megan

this is to Jene... Yes other people are getting second chances, but their not commiting capital crimes such as murder or serious crimes. This is not meant to be mean. Say that someday one of your children commit such a crime, you would'nt want them to be locked up, but then put the shoe on the other foot and your son or daughter was lie on the ground dead...or in a hospital bed injured for life, you'd want the crimonal locked up... would'nt you? Well that is just something to think about. Thanx.

i dont think u can tell, diferent people act diferent ways,you'd have to no a person to diside.Kids are smarter then adults think so they can do it on perpose or not,but nomatter why i dont think they shoud be charged as adults or go to juvy, even if the things they did wernt rite.

I am doing a research paper on juveniles being charged as adults. If you have any information on this topic that you would be able to e-mail me please do so.

I absolutely agree! I think that if the government charges minors as adults than the children should get equal rights as adults. Children are influenced by adults and if adults acted responsibly children would too~!

I think if teens are going to be tried as an adult they should be givin the same rights as an adult.Saying your going to treat a kid like a kid until they do somthing wrong and lock them away for over ten years is just not write.i think if were going to sentence a teen as an adult they should be treated as an adult all the way around and not just until they do somthing wrong.

i don't think that kids should be tried
as adults

i don't think that kids should be tried
as adults

i say yes! this is because teens know wats right from wrong. but they shouldn't be put in preason their whole life. they should be giving rehab, then if they do it again the give them the life sentence. the only crimes that should be charged with

whoever thinks that teens should not be tired as adults are fobs! Teengagers know waht they are doing and that waht it right from wrong. It is common sense to know that if you committ a crime you will get into trouble and most teenagers think that they wouldnt get into trouble becasuse they are too. Well think twice kids.. the law is out to get you

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-JAYseeKah, you are probably a smart person, and you know the logic of a clearheaded sane person. But what you don't seem to understand is that the mind of a criminal is very different than that of a rational citizen of this country. There is no thought process, just hate, or a sick joy of killing, rape, etc.
Also, there have been many cases that have had innocent people getting sentenced to death, and while being ON DEATH ROW, the real criminal testified, and also, even worse, many INNOCENT people have been killed from the death sentence and the real criminal was found.
This goes to show that not only the thought process is different, but also that the court system might be WRONG.

I think that the juveniles shouldent be placed in the adult prissions because they have more problems and theres even times they dont make it out alive thats my opinion.

I think that the juveniles shouldent be placed in the adult prissions because they have more problems and theres even times they dont make it out alive thats my opinion.

I think that the juveniles shouldent be placed in the adult prissions because they have more problems and theres even times they dont make it out alive thats my opinion.

Against juviniles crimes

I strongly feel that juvenilles should not be tried as an adult. Because juvenilles do not belong with the adults. They are children. Most of them do not realize what they are getting into when they do commit these crimes. I feel that juvenilles should be seperated from adults. Just like the passage said If these juvenilles end up in prison with the adults. Their life is taken away. Because those grown men do not care about them and will abuse them and hurt them. I am not saying take it easier on them because they are juvenilles. But I just think that they will not make it in the prisons with adults.

I dont think kids should be tried as adults you losers

I dont think kids should be tried as adults you

i disagreed with this nonsence

NO i think they should't be tried as adults,( bcz)they are more likely to get killed and sexually abused.And If the goverment dons't allow us to drive,vote& Drink then why should we serve as adults?I My opinion they should get rehabilitation work for them!Thas my OPINION!

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If one commits a crime such as murder or rape they should recieve consequences, regardless of their age. Why should a 14-year-old be pampered in rehabilitation while someone over 18 is thrown in jail? If someone wants to play with the big dogs then may they get bitten.

i dont think teens should be tried as adeults because teens have not yet fully devolped there thought process and do things out of spite now im not say that they should get of easy but they shouldnt be taken to adult court

I think society has depicted the life of our juiviniles. They think once a crimminal always a crimminal. I believe if we keep letting our juviniles be tried as adults, then the will continuly be abused mentally and physically. It's easy to say that you don't care if it's not your child. What if it was your child. No parent would want there child to be put in that situation.

firstoff, i am a teen, and i think teens should be tried according to thier offensive. if they commited murder the should get the same punishmentas someone older who does
Also i am a christian and the bible says that the only things taht have the right to killl are god and the law/goverment
(to answer Cornelius, up one post)

To anyone who reads,do you think that teens under the age of17 should be trail as an adult?
With me just entering my teen years and before I've always believed that teens under the age17 should not receive the same punishments as adults,but murder(done deliberitly) should be trialed as an adult case.

Yes juvenilles should be tried as adults because if they are old enough to figure out how to kill someone then they are old enough to pay the price just as any other adult would. Whether it is a minor offense or a felony offense, juvenilles deserve the same punishment as adults.

I THINK KIDS SHOULDN'T BE SENT TO ADULT PRISONS.BUT THEY DO NEED TO BE PUNISHED PUT NOT IN THAT WAY . THAT IS THE WORST WAY EVER

yo,
if you do the crime then you shouild pay and thats word to my life. What if that was you gettin killed or shot.Would you want your child to die. Yea thats what I thought

I think that just because you are a minor it doesnt give you the right to commit a crime and think you can get away with it.what you are telling teens is that they can commit these crimes and then get away with them just because they are under age. and u know what they say, if you cant stand the heat stay out of the kitchen.

i do not think that juveniles should be tried as adults because they are kids and they dont realize what they are doing because they think that it is "cool". well if they think that doing a crime is something cool then i dont know what their thinking cause their crazy but they still dont know what their doing!

i think all ppl should be tried as adults like daaah!!!! hehe bye

my opinion is that if a juvenile does a crime on purpose then they should be charged as an adult but if all the evidence says they did their crime on accident then they should be charged as a juvenile.

Some people say that : “juveniles shouldn't be tried as adults because they are kids and they don’t realize what they are doing” So, what that means? The kids never heard before that it is wrong to kill somebody else?” I'm pretty sure that they know what they are doing, and they know that is wrong. So, if they can do the crime, they can do the time.

I think that juveniles should be treated as adult if they commit murder.

Somebody wrote: "I think that if the government charges minors as adults then the children should get equal rights as adults"
Well, maybe the government doesn’t give them equal rights like: drink and drive at young age because they will do more crime.
If they do crime with all the restrictions, how do you think they would act with more freedom?
More responsible? I don’t think so.

Somebody else wrote: "If these juvenilles end up in prison with the adults. Their life is taken away"
Hey, but sure they can take somebody elses life and get away with it.

And other people say: "What if it was your child. No parent would want they child to be put in that situation"
Well, what if it were a member of your family the one who gets killed because some teenager wanted to steal something their house? or in another situation.

Since human are born, we've been listening and learning that killing somebody else is NOT right and you will get in deep trouble if you do it. We learn this from fables, dictactic stories, at school, on tv, from family, friends. The lesson is EVERYWHERE.
So, don't tell me that "they don't know what they are doing"

I think if you do the crime you should do the time. We a people need to stop feeling sorry for what the juveniles are doing. I think they understand what they are doing and they know the consequences what will happen we are just giving them more reasons to commit a crime because they are know if they know they are not going to get in trouble for doing it so we just need to give them some time to let them know what they did was not right and you can't go around just doing what you want to do!

this is to laine.... if a kid does a crime like murder then yeah they should pay the crime but what if the kid doesnt know that it will kill the other person? like alittle kid doing a wwwf move on another person what then?

a juvenile who does a crime is a juvenile their not adults they have to be an adult to be charged as one

To Jessica
If a kid kills another person, he or she will be either guilty or innocent. If they can prove that is was an accident, then the kid would be innocent. But if the kid did it on purpose, he or she should pay. The kid should be sent to a rehabilitation program. It's about helping the kid while there's still a hope for recovery. But if the court just sent the kid home because "kids don't know what they are doing" Are you solving the problem? or Are you endagering the life of other individuals out there?

The way i think about it is if your child was to die tommorrow in a wreck and the suspect was drunk and or on drugs how would you feel..... would you want them to just be put in jail for 10 or 15 years when you will never see your child again ..if they are old enough to comit such a crime as murder,manslaughter and any other thing that could take somones motehr,child,or sibling away from them away forever !!! if they can do an adult crime they should be able to do the adult time and or the consinquences.... my mom always told me if you do the crime then you do the time and that should come to place in the problem!!!!

why should teens go to prison with adults? i mean, the adults could be 3 times their age, and give the teens bad ideas! the adults might tel the teens to do another crime, and the teens might listen! so when the teens get out of prison, they probably wil do what the adults say! so....NO! teens shouldn't be in prison with adults!

some people argue that teenagers don't know what they are doing when they are doing when the commit a crime and are still to young to comprehend what is right. I totally disagree. I am old enough to know that commiting a crimme is wrong and if I commit one I will be punished . anynoe who says teens can't tell right from wrong is either to old to remember what being a teen is like.

to liane
you have a point but i still dont think that a kid should be charged as an adult cuz sometimes when a kid does a crime they still get charged as an adult

Why shouldn't juveniles be tried as adults?
Let's say that one of your family members is killed by a 16 year old. Wouldn't you want something to be done. Normally the penalty would be 20 to life in prison but if it is a 16 year old he or she will be let free after only a few months of rehabilitation. Think about it. Wouldn't you want something to be done about the person who killed a member of your family?

teens should go to a prison for themselves not with the older people, cuz they would get hurt and abused sexualy and physically.

why are they getting charged

I think that juvenile delinquents should be tried as adults, because they know what they are doing, they just say they don't so they can at least try to get out of trouble.And if the people and the courts do not start taking action in this then why even put grown men in prison,if you are not going to put children in prison.So just don't even worry about putting grown men in prison,because whats the point because most of the crimals are juvenile delinquents.So I really hope ya'll ;et people read this and maybe I will get a point across to the people of the United States.

you seriously have to consider the actual act of violence. some crimes warrants a sentence tougher than others. i agree that aggravated crimes, and murder, should end in incarceration no matter the age. some teens are old enough to accept responsibility for their actions. and what goes on behind prison walls hasn't been addressed regardless of the age of the convicts. we should publish what happens on the inside, to detour others from committing such crimes.

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if you do the crime you do the time

if you do the crime then you do the time!!!

This is an interesting article. i am doing a project forenglish and would love it if you had an more informaton of the pros and cons of trying adolescents as adults, that you could send it to me. i am going to do a speech on this concerning matter and any help would be awesome. thank you so much for opening my eyes on this issue maybe if i get enough information. i can open my peers eyes to this important and concerning matter. thanks so much. sincerly stephanie tewes

this is very interesting well as for my point of you no yes teen should be charge as adults any one who commits a crime should pay for it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i dont think juveniles should be charged as adults because they do not have the mind of adults( not mature), they do not know the consequences (most minors admit to their crime, if they knew they would be facing a long time then they wouldnt admit to it), and dont have as many rights( they dont have the right to go before a judge anymore to see if they are suitable to be charged as an adult, they are put do be tried as an adult even before the evidence is given and it doesnt even tell if he or she is innocent; they are just put to face life in prison)

I feel that they should be charged as adults. If you have any more information on this please send it to me before may 12, I am doing my research paper on this paper for my final grade. I will be graduating.

i dont think juveniles should be tried as adults because what if the child was reazed in a bad home and was bullyed a lot if i got bullyed and was betten the hell out of i would think about killing some on the i would probley die at the home anly ways

no child under 18 should be killed of some thing they didnt mean to do or had to do or didnt know what else to do

I believe that if a youth/juvenile decides to go forward with a crime that they should be held responsible for their own actions. What kind of role models are we if we do not stand up and put a stop to this nosense? Are we standing by these youths when they commit violent crimes and by us telling them "well since your young we'll let it slide". NO. All youths need to be tried as adults for violent crimes and harsh offenses because if they aren't then they will continue with this behaviour. What are we going to tell the victims and their families when their loved one is killed? Are we just going to say that they were too young to know what the consequences would have been. This needs to change. Thank You

I dont think juvniles should be charged as adults.

We have a 17 year old adopted son who opted to be waived into adult court for the crimes he committed when he was 16. If he stayed in the juvenile system he would have had to spend a year locked up and he didn't want that if he goes to the adult system he gets probation under the First Offender Program. Also in the state where we live if he stayed in the juvenile system we would have had to pay 34% of our income to the state to pay for his incarceration not alot of people realize that parents have to pay ALOT to the state when their kids are locked up under the juvenile system. We have a daughter the same age as him and she wants to go to college we can't save for her college and pay for his incarceration so when he decided to go into the adult courts it was a relief for us also we are no longer liable for restitution when he is waived. The juvenile justice system is deeply flawed when our son was committing crimes and getting into drugs we begged for help but the only response we got from social services is we do not provide services to unruly teenagers. So he just went on and on until he got to the point he was committing felonies, we should focus on prevention before teenagers get into serious trouble instead the system just lets them keep committing crimes until it gets bad enough to where they have to step in and then its too late.

Children should not be tried as an adult because they are too young to know about it.

Persoanlly, i think that a person who is 45 and murders someone deserves to die of the death penalty much over some one whom is 17 or younger only becuase that 45 year old has had so many more years to learn the penalties and to know the major difference between consequence, wrong, and right. Older people who commit crimes deserve their punishment younger people might think it is becuase they can get away with it, but they really do NOT know the difference. My brother has been tried as an adult before and trust me, he was too young to know that what he did was as bad as it was, until he got punished for it.

The number of teens committing violent crimes is shoking. Adolescents that commit these violent crimes should be tried and sented as adults. If juveniles are going to be doing adult things, then they should get treated like adults

I think some kids need more help than others...and i think that the ones that don't have much are usually the ones that suffer and do bad things to get either attintion or the things that normal kids have. I also believe that everyone should help these kids give them what they need and/or send some of these kids to counsoloring. It wouldn't hurt..they just want to be like everyone else deep inside. And the more we help them go to a better education and a better childhood the better they will be and not be doing all of this non-since...

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if the child kills someone on purpose out of anger then they need to be sent some place that can help them fight out all that anger and sent to jail, but if they did it to just kill someone than yes they sould be punished and if a little kid finds a gun or something and kills someone their parents should have been more responsible to hide the weapon so the parent should be punished

I don't believe that juveniles should be charged with adult crime, because it's the parents fault. The parents should blamed accoutable for part of their childrens actions.

if a man 30 yrs old kills a human being he gets tried an sentneced well if a juvinile of seventeen of so comits the same crime he should be tried by the sam e standers because he commited the same exact crime now the juvinile justice system syas that if a juvinile recives rehabilitation and treatment from a profesional, rather than the harsh punishment meted out by the criminal behavior they are rehabilitaded? is this true? no in my opinion once upon release from a juvinile facilty the child is not fully recovered he is still a crimanal and most likely to commit the crime over since his first offence was pardonded by a couple on months in a detention center.

Teens shouldn't be tried as adults, plain and simple... why? Because they aren't adults!

i think that teens should go to the juvenille hall because if they go in real prison they will learn from the adults and start thinking like adults

I think that juvenilles should be tried in a jury like an adult. If they commited a crime they should pay for what they did.

Juveniles should not be charged as adults. Juveniles are way too young to really understand the difference between right and wrong. Juveniles shouln't be charged like an adult because adults have lived more, they have been around longer to be able to understand what exactly they are doing. Juveniles are much more prone to getting hurt because it is harder for them to defend themselves. Treating them as adults wouldn't be the right thing to do. You never really know if the juvinile has mental problems. Charging them with harsh sentences wouldn't let them start a fresh new life, something many on death row should have gotten! Its just plain WRONG!!!

I am an ex-gangmember I belonged To a gang that the only way out was to get shot. I believe that a Juvenile should be charged as an adult depending on the cicummstances. Rape, murder are the two main ones that should be charged as an adult even though for murder you have to find the main reason for that purpose. Some are molested, abounded, or even beaten that sometimes we have to kill in order to be set free but either or children trying to make adult decisions with no guidance where is it going to lead us? No children shouldn't be tried as adults give them a chance the most two years scare them a little don't take the only life they have. I know because with two brothers who are in prison just finished ten years are to be released. As fro at 23yrs. old going to college to make a difference in juveniles life hopefully make a difference!

I'm 13 and my friend and I are doing a debate on.. should juveniles be tried as adults for serious crimes? I believe that if juveniles commit serious crimes then they should get adult punishments. If i'm 13 and I know right from wrong then I know that a 16 or 17 year old who commits a serious crime knows that what they are doing is wrong. As kids we grow up getting punished for everything we do wrong. Our parents always tell us what is right and they definately tell us what is wrong. If a juvenile murders another person then i think that they should get adult punishments. If an adult murders someone, they get harsh punishments so why doesn't a juvenile? If a juvenile commits a crime they are going to tell the police that they didn't meen to do it. They might say that they didn't meen to but me knowing teenagers I know that they probably planned it out. If we keep letting juveniles get away with theese crimes then they are going to keep doing the crime. I believe that juveniles should be tried as adults!!!!

I think that if a young person is old enough to committ a crime then they are old enough to sulfure the consequences as an adult

I think they sould not be tride as an adult because they are not an adult. If they can't get married or vote the things they say that you can't do untill you An ADULT. Then you shouldn't be tried as an adult.

I think children should get trialed as an adult for murder depending on the case. If they were defendin themselves then they should get off easy,but if they just kill someone because they are mad or something like that then yes I do think children should be trialed as an adult.

I think that if the kids can do the crime they should pay for it but they only do the time if its a major crime like murder, rape, kidnapping, etc. Kids do to know wats right and wrong they're moms didnt tell them to go out in the world and kill, steal, rape, etc. I mean kids know wat they are doing when they do it and thats only if they do it. Yes they should get punished if its minor stuff but when it comes to murder then the kid is screwed becuase he knows he killed somebody and now his in a big trouble and thats his choice of killing somebody his parents didnt say hey go kill people or someone well anyways kids should get tried as ADULTS.....

I am only 12 but i think teens are old enough to make there own decion. u may be a mom and fill sorry for your little baby and all but they are responseble for themself. u moms dont just teel us to go kill or rape some guy or girl. we do the crime we do the time. but i do think the death sentences is not necacery.

If a minor thinks they are smart enough to make their own decisions, and think for themselvs, they should be old enough to take a punishment for their crime. Put it like this, if a 14 year old came in to your house a killed everyone in your house except you, would you not want that person to be charged just like a 45 year old? Or would you want them to go to juvy and be out in like 5 years? I am 16 and i think that if a minor committs a bad enough crime they should be charged accordingly.

I think that they should be charged as adults if the commit murder or rape someone if they are between the ages of 11-17 boy or girl because they know right from wrong at this point in there lifes and they should have known that when u do something that bad there are consequenses for your actions. i dont think that they should get the death penalty because they should have to live with what they did for the rest of there lifes.

i think that teens should be charged as adults as long as the crime is worthy of adult charges. i also think that teens should no better than to commit a crime that could put them in jail for life.we as teens know that all our actions have concequences that go along with them so they shouldn't be surprised when they hear they're sentence.

i think that teens should be charged as adults as long as the crime is worthy of adult charges. i also think that teens should no better than to commit a crime that could put them in jail for life.we as teens know that all our actions have concequences that go along with them so they shouldn't be surprised when they hear they're sentence.
i also feel that they as young adult are in the right mind set when they go to kill someone because if not they are sombody that sould be in therapy or something.
ialso think that if they as teens can pick up a gun and work it properly than they should go to jail and they sould also be tried as an adult. in that split second it takes to react to kill somone you could be doing something productive with your time, i know that you probably hear that a lot from your parents but its true. because what parent wants that sad call on the phone saying that they're child has been killed! i know that that would kill my mother. why commit a crime that big and not think that you won't have to face doing the time.

Another point that i need to make is this why should a teen have to go to the same jail as an adult but if they were to go to an all teen jail the same things that happen in regular jails can also happen in an all teen jail.so in conclusion why commit a crime of any type if you could face being tried as an adult or even face being put to DEATH???? there's absolutely no point in that.

i think if teens are going to be charged then they should be able to do what adults do right?? but then again if there going to be charged take them to court but dont put them in jail untill there past 20 years older.

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I believe that if a Juvenile commits a crime. For example, Rape, kill, or robbery. If that juvenile is old enough to get a gun to protect themselves or just to have one to be cool with their people, then they are cool enough to go to the adult jail. if they are old enough and an adult enough then they are old enough and adult enough to be tried as an adult and be in Prison...

Any person under the age of 18 should not be tried as an adult. I have wrote many papers and i am even writing another now and i know a lot about it. i belive that no matter what juveniles should not be charged as adults.

Children should not be tried as adults unless they perform multiple crimes or very serious crimes. But most kids perform small crimes. Although I think they should not be tried as adults they do have a responsibility to uphold the law. I think that some kids think that if they are not tried as adults than they can do any crime they want and only be put on probation or grounded. So they could go out and kill someone and be sent to their room

i really didn't have an opinion about children being charged as adults until recently. we had two 15 year old boys playing with a 22 gun, that where best friends. and he accidently killed his best friend. and now there going to charge him as an adult. i have known these boys for years, since we live in a small community. he is not mentally or emotionally ready to face a prison with adults. i feel that he needs some help more than sticking him into a prison full of harden crinminals.

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I don't agree. That's all I really have to say. I don't agree.

i agree with juvenile incarceration.just because of the age? no, it matters on the seriousness of the crime.lets say a 16 year old came in to your house killed your mom baby brother and your pet hampster mr. cuddlely puddlely. would you want him to get away only because of his age i beg to differ.you would want him to rot in that prison cell.so the matter is not on the age but like i said before, the seriousness of the crime. and thats all i have to say.

children should not be charged as adults becaues they are still just children

I am doing a debate on this topic and i storngly belive that if you can do the crime than you should pay the time. What really is the diffrence between a child doing a crime and a adult doing a crime. you are old enough to know right from wrong, wheather you are 10 or 35. Think about! Whats the diffrence?

the diffrence if the Mental statius. an crime could be done by an juvinile and they might have done it because their belife of right and wrong. When you become an adult that changes.

Juveniles do not know any better, and the system could be void if the child is under the age of at least 14. I can see 14 and up, but not any one under for their brain is not feeding them right and wrong.

i think that teenagers should be trail as adults depending on the crime they committ. Somethin simple like car jacking, purse stealing yeah are bad also but things like rape, murder, armeed robbery, agaveted assult, then they should be trail as adults. me being a teenager beleive that if you can committ an adult crime the nyou can suffer the adult conquecneces you are old enough to know right from wrong. ao to a certain extent yes juuveniles should be trail as adults depending on what they do. this should only effect kids above 15 younger i think they are still trying to find themselves and need a little help they should still be punishhed but as harsh as being an adult!!so basically its 50/50 situation.

to add to my first blog, teens that commit a crime of death, rape, or anything serious, then the teen should face the time. but at 10 the child might not know exactly what he is doing. the movies show it, so why can't i do it. everybody has been there. rambo, terminator, etc.

first of all, how long has anyone wrote in this, and second i need some good reasons why they should be put in jail for violent crimes. Got any suggestions?

I STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH THOSE THAT BELEIVE THAT TEENAGERS SHOULD BE CHARGED AS ADULTS.
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN. TEENAGERS AND ADULTS DOING A CRIME
TEENAGERS SHOULD PAY THE TIME BUT NOT AS ADULTS.

true, teenagers are not adults but the crimes that some teenagers comit, could be very violent and adult like. if not in prison we should at least send them to the psycologist or a juvenile facility to get help. i don't agree with juveniles having adult punishment but i do believe in juveniles doing something like work to pay off debt.

what do I think?well it depends the age and how big the crime is of its a 13 year old and raped somebody then they should be tried as a adult because they know whats wrong and whats right so they should be punished as a adult.from 12 years and up alredy understand and if the parents never talk to them about things like rape and other things then there not gonna know what it is and maybe do it to someone.so parents talk to your children so they can know whats right and wrong.

hey well i agree with crawldaddy on what he said but im doing this paper for my school and i need 3 reasons why teenangers should not be tried as adults if you have anything for me ill be so thankfull if you gave me your ideas please e mail me

i think that kids that commit the crime are old enough to serve time as adults especially if it was a serious crime. so im for it.

I relly dont think kinds should pay for their crimes like adults. theres a big difference in juve and jail.

I believe that if the kids are committing the crimes as adults than they need to be tried and treated as adults. You are always hearing of kids that want adults to treat them like they are adults, well act like them and they would and if that means you go out and kill someone, then yeah you need to suffer just as an adult would!

Sandra I am doing a debate on this topic and I myself need 10 reasons why teens shouldn't be tried, so emai me

If kids are tried as adults, what good are we doing for them? Kids are kids and we should help them, instead of throwing them in jail with the adults, we should be helping them. We don't know if these poor kids have had a bad childhood and maybe thats why they are the way they are (committing crimes). Think about how these poor kids are going to be treated in jail with these more experienced convicts. We really don't know why these kids commit crimes, but there's always an answer out there, and we should do something about it, and help these kids.

i believe that teenagers should be tried as adults because they shouldnt be committing the crimes they committ. they should get the proper punishment

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im gonna have to say that teens should pay for their crimes just as adults. Why let them be in jail and then know that what they did was ok and then go out and do it again, besides there just going to jail for a few yrs.

juveniles should not be tried as adults instead they should be given the chance of rehibilitation in the juvenile system, instead of haveing them, placed in a system that has failed its adults and can do nothing but harm to children. email me with comments:)

They should not be tried as adults there are other ways of punishing them other than locking them up with the adults where God knows what is happening in there to them.

I think it should deppend on the situation. kids are kids but if they dont learn know what good are we doing.

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All those who say that teens should know better than to commit an adult crime you're all wrong!!! All of those who think that teens should be tried as adults are all wrong!!! Think about this:
What if they had no idea what they were doing? They arent criminally responsible then. What if in their past they were mentally, physically, or psychologically abused? What if they were raped by the person the committed this crime to? They aren't dangerous to the rest of the world!!! You guys need to realize that teens are more likely that adults to be motivated by emotion or peer pressure. Teens lack the experience, intelligence, judgement, and maturity of adults!!!! Which makes them less able to evaluate their consequences of their conduct.

Well Ashley, I, myself as a teen, feel that in cases like that where the child is incompetant they should not be put in jail or prison. One thing that I do agree on is that if the child commits the crime more than once then the child should be tried and punished. best of all I myself have stayed crime free.
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Nah i think they know what they were doing however they havent fully grasped the consequences of their actions. So they really havent thouhgt about what will happen once they do what they have. Go to Denverpost.com on research of teen brain.

I think that children under the age of 18 should be tried as adults. Their brain may not be fully developed but you know the difference between right and wrong. They might not understand what will actually happen to them if they do commit a crime, but they still knew what they were doing is wrong. Now there should still be a cut off for when the children don't know. I mean you can't try a 5 or 6 year old for killing someone as an adult cause they don't know what they are doing is wrong, but if someone the age of 15 or 16 knows that murder is wrong and should pay the consequences of an adult. The crime they commit also plays a part in the consequences, but I think the age should be lowered from 18 to at least 16. If you have the knowledge to drive a car at 16, you have the knowledge to commit a crime and be charged as an adult.

I think teenagers should be tried as adults, because for sure they know what they are doing, they also know what the consequences might be if they commit a crime. They know they will end up in jail or punished. They might say they don't know what the consequences are, just to excuse themselves. If a 3 or 4 year old sometimes knows that if he/she takes a candy out of the store and hides it for his/her mom not to see it, it is because the kid knows that what he/she is doing is completely wrong. so why wouldn't a 13 to 18 year old wouldn't know that killing someone is a crime and it's wrong. THe point here is that they know what they are doing and they should be tried, sentenced and convicted as adults.

Teenages should not be tried as adults there just kids.

Teenages should not be tried as adults there just kids.

Curently this is a debate that I am working on at school and I think that It depends on how you view life...If you think that all people are equal dispite age gender race and sexual orientation then yes teenagers should be tried as adultsw if you thing that Teenagers are just kids that should always be given the second chance or third or even 10th for all we know then no they should not be tried as an adult...I personally as a juvenile believes that Juveniles should be tried as adults with in a certain age range such as 13 and up to the state's set age for the judicial system to try an individual as an adult.There are not just negatives to having juveniles tried as an adult such as there is a chance for speedy trials , and bail can be set to let kids out ratheer than possibly holding an innocent minor in a juvenile hall for months. Also Juveniles are tried befor Judges rather than a jury which may lead to biased charging all citizens should be allowed to have a trial befor a jury! That is my oppinion on the subject of this issue

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I do think that a young adult should be trail as an adult. Now in the state of Maryland they are trailing some teens now as adult. You shouldn't get of easy because of thier age difference. If you did the crime you should do the time. For ex: What if a 14 year old rapped an younger child and only gets 1 year in the Juvenil center and get old. The person who that child rapped will live in fear for the rest of their lives because of what happen. I may add as I said before you can do the crime you; you can do the time every one should be treated equally.

No they shouldnt be charged there still young think of the future they might have kids do stuff to get attention its usualy the ones with no mom or father figure that are doin the bad stuff becasue they have no one around for them to get help from teachers dont care they just want there paychecks half of them at least

I did a persuasive speech on this subject and i just thought that i would share it (I got an A)...
I apoligise for the length and format..

Do you have someone close to you between the ages of 11 and 15? Most people do: whether it be a relative, a neighbor or maybe a friend. Well picture that child. Now picture them in their best suit or dress. Now imagine that they are in a court room in front of a judge and jury. They are being charged with murder, and not in a juvenile court but an adult court. If convicted they may be sentenced to spend the rest of their life in an adult prison, or even worse they could be sentenced the death penalty.
This situation that I just had you picture is a very scary situation. The fact is that there ARE children as young as 11 that are convicted of murder and sentenced to serve time in adult prisons.
So how does our judicial system judge a child to be an adult? Well for one it depends upon which state you live in. Every state has a different age in which you can be tried as an adult. For example: a 15 year old child in Minnesota can be convicted of murder in an adult court and sent to an adult prison whereas here in Wisconsin, if that 15 year old child committed the exact same crime they would be tried in a juvenile court and sent to a juvenile facility. According to the book “Juvenile Justice” there are 11 states in the U.S. that do not have a minimum age criteria for when a child can be charged as an adult. Also in Vermont a child can be an adult in the courts eyes at the age of 10.
Then of course there is the competency issue. If you are over the age of 18 you are deemed competent just by age, but if under how do you gage whether or not a child is completely accountable for their actions. One criterion is how far under 18 is the child. If the child is 11, they do have a lot better chance of staying in a juvenile court then say a 16 or 17 year old. According to the JCPR newsletter, competency in court for juveniles is having the ability to think hypothetically and to have being able to logically make decisions while understanding the consequences of those decisions. Generally children over the age of 16 do have those abilities, but the grey area is from 10 to 15. That is were a judges opinion comes into affect. That is also where many people believe that racial discrimination takes place. For example, a white judge may perceive a black child to look more dangerous than a white due to an unconscious or conscious bias.

My point with this is that there are no distinct lines. Every state is different, every judge is different. This creates inequality. To fix this problem, we need to draw a line for each state to follow. 16 and older may be tried as adults. Below that line you are tried as a juvenile. For 16 and 17 year olds there must be very distinct lines for defining competency. The least left up to the bias of a judge the better.
The fact that we are sending teens and preteens to adult prisons starts to raise questions also. Have we given up on youth today? What ever happened to trying to reform? The juvenile court system was created over a hundred years ago with the intent to deter and to reform. It was brought into place to teach juveniles right and wrong and how to be a successful part of society. The juvenile court system is under constant criticism for being to light on offenders. Some say that the system isn’t a punishment at all. So instead of working out the kinks with the juvenile courts, we are just sending more and more children to the adult system. An adult system that is robbing children of their youth and not teaching them how to be productive in society. It is teaching them to be scared. If the child is released how could they ever go back to a normal existence. They are placed in a very hectic environment at a very formative time in their development.
It is a statistical fact that children that are sent to prison are more likely to commit a crime after being released than children that went through the juvenile system. According to the Bureau of Justice, “72 percent of state prisoners under age 18 released from adult prison…were rearrested within three years”.
Prison is not a very safe environment for anyone but especially not for children. To mix children in with adults could almost be construed as cruel and unusual punishment. They are around adults that are in prison for crimes that they actually have the mental capacity for. Adult prison is a lot more stressful for children than for adults. According to the Bureau of Justice children in prison are 8 times more likely to commit suicide than children in juvenile detention centers. That fact right there should tell the officials that are sending these children to prison that it isn’t safe for them. Then there is also the abuse from the adult criminals. Again through the Bureau of justice I learned that 50% of juveniles in prison suffer violent victimization. Sexual assault is five times more likely, beatings my the jail staff are twice as likely and children in prison are almost 50% more likely to be victimized by a weapon. Obviously, prison is absolutely no place for children.
There are I believe 8 states in the U.S. that have separate prisons or correctional facilities for adults and minors. They are in place so that juveniles are not subject to the victimization that I just discussed. I believe the way to keep children safe is to either not send them to prison period or to have every state have separate institutions for adults and children.
Finally, how can children be tried as adults anyway? Children have virtually no say in the government that is imprisoning them. They cannot vote, cannot be a member of the armed forces. There are many researchers and psychologists that say that the mind is still in crucial development beyond the age of 18. Children are in a stage were their morals and values are still being developed. They cant possibly understand the implications of life in prison. I, at 20 years old, would have a hard time understanding life in prison. Also, through the media children have an abstract view of life. The violence in the media may make it seem to a child that a life is less valuable. Also revenge in the form of murder in movies and television shows a lot of the time is portrayed as a needed form of revenge. I think that children a lot of the time don’t know that it is never ok to take someone’s life.
My intention in this speech has been to inform you of the great injustices that are taking place with the youth in America. Children make mistakes that they do not fully understand and the government in which the child has no say in is taking away their life. What’s next, 10 year old children being sentenced the death penalty? It is gradually coming to that. What we need is reform. We need to keep children out of prison. They do not belong there and we shouldn’t just be throwing away youth. Juveniles should be placed in a strengthened juvenile system in which the intent is to rehabilitate the troubled child.
All right, now picture that child that you are close to again. But this time picture them in a juvenile court in which the judgment is that there is still hope for that child. Now you tell me, which is better? Throwing away youth, or hope.

I think they shpuld not get punished.

Im writting an argument about this topic and I believe that a teen should be tried as an adult, even if its my sister or something- well it really depends on what the crime was. -Because teens now-a-days are very aware of their actions and some take the advantage of abusing of their privileges only because they know they are teens and they cant be tried as adults in some states. That's all I can say for the moment...

i think juveniles be tried as an adult plus, if they know what where they were doing.

I have to agree with the majority. Teens should be charged as adults! The articles says that these teens lose their youth being locked in jail. What about the lives of the ones that these crimnals damaged? I am sure they would have like to leave a youthful life too.

“A kid just does something—whether it’s an accident or intentional. I mean personally, me, I was fifteen years old . . . I didn’t know what I was doing. I was still a kid. . . . Kids do a lot of stupid things. . . . The person I was when I was fifteen, I really didn’t have any morals, I didn’t even know who I was at that time. I hate to admit it, but I was real ignorant.”

teen criminals who are trialed as adults- it is their fault that they are in there. if they do not want to face the consecuence, then they shouldn't be stabbing people because they have anger problems.

I am currently a fifteen year old girl, and i can certainly tell the difference between right and wrong. I will admit that i might be more mature than other teens my age, but being conscious of your actions is not something new to me. i know if i went out and stabbed someone, i would deserve to be tried as someone who knows what they are doning is wrong and does it anyway. To try and pretend that teens have no clue what is going on is allowing them to not take responsibility for their actions

i think that the youths who are commiting these crimes need to think and i do not believe that they should go into an adult prison. they need to go into a juvinile facility and learn from there mistakes.
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Amanda

i think that juveniles that commit violent crimes should be sent to jail because they should be punished just as adults are, and just because they are children or teenagers doesnt mean that "they didnt know any better" like most people say. i think it means that they are just as stupid as the adults. and they should be punished just as much. oh and i also think that if you kill someone or hurt someone, you should be killed or hurt the same way.just like the man in pennsylvania that knocked out his young daughter, wrapped her in a blanket and set her next to some railroad tracks. she woke up a couple of hours later. she then took a few steps and froze to death. i think that the police should take the father knock him out, wrap him in a blanket, and sit him out in the cold night and let him freeze to death. i think that is the right thing to do. and also just like these two 17 year old boys that thought it would be funny to put a poor innocent puppy into a microwave oven and then turned it on and watch that little dog blow up.i think that the police should take those two boys and put them in a furnace and let them burn to death. People like that should be punished the exact same way that they punished someone else.

I understand that children are thought to know right from wrong, I also believe that when a child committs a crime they should still be subjected to child punishment.When children go out and committ crimes i dont think the answering to solving the probelm is charging them as adults, a child is still a child. Children will never learn because no one is willing to teach our children a new way to solving crimes when children committ them. Sentencing a child as an adult when there only a child isnt right in any point a child still have a child brain and think like one as while. They shouldnt be imprisoned with adult. Cause the children will be surrounding by violence and not really knowing right from wrong. Thats why society will never change

i think myself as a juvenille delenquent that yes juvenilles should be tried as an adults if they are big enough to do the crime they should be big enough to do the time, cus me im in states custidy and its not fun but if i was doint the right thing then i would have to worry about that stuff, but if a child kills someone or shoots people stills yeh i think they shoud be tried as an adult

i think youth or not if you commited a crime, you should be punishes. if it means paying a fine or spending time in jail, then be it. this way they will learn from their mistakes

WOW!!!!! Gret piece MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

they should not be tried as adults because it mainly just hurts them more and they have no chance of doing the right thing to get therir life back on track.

I think jurvenile should get a second chance. I believe they need to be treated like jurvenile until they get to the adult age. Because some time company will not hire you ,due to the fact, you have a crime record. They will not give you a second chance. I believe we need to be careful how we treat people. Because we don't know why, they do the things that they do.

I think that teenager shouldn´t be charged as adults because their minds are not fully developed to know what they are doing. And if you put them into jail, they are going to become more agressive. The other thing is that if kids are not able to vote, drink or drive. or even get married (that´s a bigger decision), why should they be treated as adults when they comit a crime?

i think juveniles shouldnt be tried as adults becuase i myself have a cousin who has gone to jail and now he is just angry at himself and doesnt even try to succeed..teenz dont kno better, they should get a second chance. I understand if they do a crime they should have consequences, but jail is too much. THere are other things such as: probation or house arrest. Juveniles should be given another chance.

i think that juveniles should have a second chance. Juveniles should not be charged as adults

Basically, teenagers should not be charged as adults. Yeah, "you do the crime, you pay the time" however, a juvenile would not be able to hold their own in an actual prison. Children come from many different types of homes, whether they have no mother or father figure or if they were raised with parents who aren't good influences. They aren't completely aware of what they are doing. Kids can't partake in a lot of other activities as adults can, so it just doesn't seem logical for them to be charged as adults for commiting a crime.

Hi, I read your article on juveniles being tried as adults and until I read this I was for it. I could compliment you more but I being 13 am at school. ;(

hello, I agree juveniles should not be tired as an adult.

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Children shouldn't be tries as adults because they are not adults. Children shouldn't have to be in a prison where adults do horrible things to them.

CHILDREN SHOULD BE TRIED AS ADULTS BECAUSE IF THEY ARE BIG ENOUGH TO DO THE CRIE THEY ARE BIG ENOUGH TO DO THE TIME THATS ALL I GOT TO SAY

CHILDREN SHOULD BE TRIED AS ADULTS, IF THEY'RE BIG ENOUGH TO COMMIT COLD HARD MURDER THAN THEY'RE BIG ENOUGH TO SIT IN A COLD HARD CELL FOR LIFE

I am currently doing a debate topic in school. The debate is about whether or not juveniles charged with violent crimes should be tried and punished as adults. Your article really gave me facts I needed to back up my argument.

Thank you sincerly

i dont think any child under 18 should be charged as an adult no matter what

Children should be given a second chance!

i can use this for my debate

I think if u can commit a violent crime u can sit in hard core jail like the crime they committed. If I knew I would go to jail for something stupid like committing a crime, y do it. This goes out 2 all the teens dat think they are hard core. Wen u make dat decison 2 commit a crime, be ready 2 get stuck in the azz. Datz 2 da niggaz.And females, u gonna get stuck in da coochie wit a broom stick. Think about wat u doin b4 u do it. Datz wat I think. If yall want 2 holla at me hit me up on my email address. BabyGurl2_47@yahoo.com

MINORS SHOULD NOT BE TRIED AS ADULTS NO MATTER WHAT. They are children, not adults. That is why they have the juvenile system. They should deserve a second chance. Our society is hyprocritacal. We don't allow anyone under 18 to vote because they aren't capable of understanding the magnitude of their decisions. We can't treat them as adults in some instances and as children in others. It just isn't logical. The rest of the world has realized this, why can't the US? There are only 12 children in the hole rest of the world serving life sentences without the possibility of parole but in the US there are several thousand. Shouldn't that be a sign that we are wrong? Everyone needs to wake up and realize that children make mistakes, and they should pay for that, but not as adults in adult prisons.

i can use this for my debate.

I think that juveniles should be charged as adults because they what that whatever they did was wrong. They're old enough to know right from wrong. If they're old enough to commit the crime, then they're old enough to do the time.
Lil Mete

i think that juveniles should not be tried as adults!!!


no way jose

even if you hate me now

maddie

Kids should go to kids jail. asults know right from wrong kids dont.

i dont think we should be tried as adults..we are kids for christs sake!!!!!!!!

I believe it all depends on the crime. For murder yes, false charges NO!

omg ppl u have sooo many spelling mistakes...

I Think that the judge should consider the case at hand, and alanize the teen. if the judge belifs that teh juvinile system will save and rehapilitate that teen, then dont send him to adult court. If the crime the teen commited and his behavior is passed recuperation by the punitive messures of the juvinle system, then adult court would be the best place to judge that teen. I argee on the segragation of incarcerated teens. I think that the cut line should be 21 though.

It should depend on the severity of the crime done. Maybe if a teen who commits a severe crime should be tried in juvenile court but the parents should be tried for the same crime as a adult. Maybe parents would become a bigger part of the juveniles life and keep a closer eye on their activities. If we all become accountable for our childrens actions maybe we can save more kids who have chosen to go down the wrong path.

all of yall that say you dont believe that teens should be tried as adults are crazy. you have to think about it this way. what if a teen broke into your house and shot and killed your mother or you father or anybody in your family would you really say that teen shouldn't be tried as an adult bc their brain wasn't functioning right? or they didnt know what they were doing? come on you know just as well as i do that you would want them to have the worst punishment they could have bc they killed somebody in your family that you really loved and cared about. so how about you put yourselves in somebody's position that had a family member killed by a teen.

yall have a good day. bk

I really do not think Juveniles should be treated as adults, Because they are not readdy for that kind of pressure mentally, and they are not fully responsible for themselves