Juveniles Should Be Tried During Adult Court

Juveniles should be tried as adults when they commit serious crimes as opposed to rehabilitation or various forms of lesser sentencing. The rate of juveniles in prison has increased over the years. Many young adults and children often seek for attention which leads them to cause trouble out in the streets. There are risk levels that officers have to make in order to help the juveniles or if committing a serious crime, they should pay the consequences. Many may oppose and think that young adults and children are not adults, but they should be punished for the crimes they have done.

One of the most debatable topics in today’s justice system is whether or not juveniles should receive waivers to adult court. There are three methods that are used to transfer a juvenile to adult court. Juvenile waiver, statutory exclusion, and Concurrent Jurisdiction are the three different methods used to transfer a juvenile to adult court. Statutory exclusion is when the juvenile is transferred immediately to the adult court. Concurrent Jurisdiction is when the juvenile may be tried as an adult and a juvenile at once. Throughout all three methods juvenile waiver is the most common one that is used throughout juvenile courts and used in mostly all states. The only states that do not provide judicial waivers are Nebraska, New York, and New Mexico. When a judge transfers a juvenile to adult court, he or she is denying the protections that the juveniles receive. The judge makes the decision of whether or not the juvenile is tried as an adult. Double Jeapordy laws protect the juvenile from being tried in juvenile court and then adult court because of the fact that a juvenile would be tried twice. Most times 17 or 18 year olds are the youngest age limits that can be waived to adult court, but in some states ages low as 13 or 14 can be waived. It depends on the crime that a juvenile commits on whether or not he or she is transferred to adult court. Once the juvenile is tried as an adult, he or she will be affect in the community for a lifetime versus having his or her records

In today's society, there are many crimes going on. Adults are not the only ones that commit crimes. One issue today is that juvenile offenses and whether juvenile offenders should be tried as adults in criminal court. A common phrase that is often used in this case of young juveniles committing crimes is "Old enough to do the crime, old enough to do the time." This phrase should be cleared to people that juveniles are not adults, and with this being said it will not make them one. "It has redefined juvenile offenses by treating most of them as delinquent acts to be adjudicated within a separate juvenile justice system that is theoretically designed to recognize the special needs and immature status of young people and emphasize rehabilitation over punishment" (Steinberg). While juveniles should be responsible for their actions, and should be held accountable for the crime, then the juvenile justice system is design to determine the consequences. Youths are still minors and are less mature. They often face a lot of negative peer pressure. Therefore, juveniles should not be tried in courts as adults.

Murder is always a devastating sight, juveniles who commit homicides is another story. Sentencing a juvenile to life without parole isn’t the best punishment for a child that is developing in life. Juveniles are full of built up steam and emotions, they aren't comprehensive with the actions they take.

Most people are against juveniles getting tried as adult in adult court because they might say “their young and doesn’t mean any harm” or “a minor doesn’t belong in a jail full of adult criminals.” But I say if they can commit a crime they can do the time. Also, most juveniles tried as adults or placed in adult facilities jails or prison, are denied education and most likely won’t finish school but if they were free it would most likely be the same because they either wouldn’t attend school or when they do go to school they cause problems and have a list of referrals’ or even kicked out of school or attends an alternative

Juveniles should not be tried as adults because it is proven that children are incapable of making a rational, mature decision on their own. Adolescents have a shorter experience in the world, their brains are still developing, they do not have the same responsibilities or rights as adults and they are easily influenced at this age. Let 's say a child around the age of twelve is playing with two other friends at his house. His mother and father both work constantly so these children are alone. They are snooping around in his dad 's room and find a gun. Not being old enough to understand or realize it 's not a good idea they begin to play with it. One of the children pulls the trigger not considering what could happen. He accidentally shoots on of the other children and he was instantly killed. They decide to call 911 and before they arrive the child that accidentally shot the other tells his friend to tell them that it was his fault because hed get in trouble by his mom. The boy agrees and tells the police it was his fault and he is sent to adult prison for the maximum sentence. Children are both easily influenced and not as intelligent compared to an adult. These children are so immature and underdeveloped they should not and cannot make rational decisions on their own.

I believe that juveniles do deserve to be tried as adults and not be given the leeway of being called just a “teenager”. As a young adult i just turned 18 not too long ago and i can tell you from my own experience and the experience of my close friends that teenagers or anyone from the age of 12-18 does know right from wrong and fully acts upon their own decision and conscious. It would be very disrespectful to anger the victims on letting out the killer. I know that if my family member was murdered by a teenager and 10 years later they let them out, i would be beyond angered with their decision to even give them a second chance.

as young as thirteen are sentenced as juveniles to life in prison without parole. Americans today

Juveniles should be tried as adults no matter the crime. Should juveniles be tried as adults is a question asked by most people, Being a juvenile is referring to someone who is young. Juveniles should be tried as adults because they want to act like they know everything, juveniles should be able to know what is right and what is wrong, juveniles should be able to make wise decisions and juveniles should not be tried as adults because they have a whole child hood ahead of them.

Crimes are committed in the world everyday. Half of the crimes being comitted are by teenages between the ages 13-17. How can they be tried as adults adults when they are incapable of thinking like one? If you take away their chance of a fresh start then it wouldn’t be fair and unconstitutional.

People 10-17 are still considered juveniles by law but, some of these “kids” commit some of the worst crimes such as murder. Most of these juveniles commit serious crimes but, they are not tried in adult court because of their age, if they are not tried in adult court they go to juvenile court and sent to juvenile detention until they are 18 and then no one even keeps track of these kids. And most of the time they will commit other crimes when they get out of juvie, so what’s the point of sending them there if most of them commit a crime get sent to juvenile detention and are out in a year or two. Recent research shows that the brain continues to develop throughout adolescence and you are not fully mature until your mid twenties. And also

In the court case of every minor, a judge must decide whether or not the minor should be tried as an adult or as a minor, but should this even be an option? James Backstrom argues that minors should be tried as adults to prove that violence in our society will not be tolerated, no matter the age of the perpetrator. However, in my opinion, children are immature, held hostage in toxic environments, and minors are treated differently in other aspects, so it should stay that way when it comes to breaking the law.

Kids seem to be growing up earlier as the years go by. Serious crimes committed by juveniles have stayed pretty much the same in the last twenty years, but that is not to say people have not concluded differently. A thanks to laws passed in the ninety’s and more specifically between ninety two and ninety seven, It is easier to try juveniles as adults in the court system. There are multiple pros and cons to juveniles being tried as adult. These arguments range from a crime is a crime to they are not mentally developed enough to understand completely. These are just a couple of the things to consider when asking if a juvenile should be tried as an adult.

The definition of a juvenile is a person of a young age who has committed a crime. This young age may vary from one through seventeen. Essentially these juveniles are considered to be children, in which case means they are not fully matured. Children mess up; they do things they are not supposed to, test limits, and push people to their max because they are not fully aware of the consequences that lie ahead of them due to the fact that their maturity level is still relatively low. With that being said, juveniles should not be tried as adults when being sentenced because these teens have not fully developed.

Juveniles with a record of violent offenses should be tried as adults. The crimes that these juveniles have committed are serious enough that they should be tried with one offense, and their age shouldn’t matter. The crimes that fall under violent felonies are included but not limited to murder of the first and second degree, voluntary manslaughter, rape, vehicular manslaughter, assault, kidnapping in the first degree, and robbery. All of these felonies have the intent or known consequence of causing harm to another individual. The factors that lead me to believe that this should be the case, juvenile detention centers are becoming overcrowded, the effect that prison causes on a teen, and how