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    committed. However, I had not considered the concept of trial for emerging adults. I have decided after researching the topic that juveniles and emerging adults should be tried differently than adults. A reason why I believe this is according to University of Rochester Medical Center “The rational part of a teen’s brain isn’t fully developed and won’t be until age 25 or so.” (Understanding the Teen Brain, 2018, para. 1) When an adult thinks rational part of their brain they are using the prefrontal cortex

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    many ideas, the main one being should juveniles be tried as adults. What this is basically, if a juvenile under the age of 18 who has committed a crime such as a murder, if he/she should be sentenced to an adult jail with adult charges. It was during the 1980’s to 1990’s is when legislatures from many states started to allow and even required prosecution of juveniles in adult criminal courts (Griffin, Addie, Adams, Firestine. “Trying Juveniles as Adults: An Analysis of State Transfer Laws and Reporting

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    Should Juveniles be Tried As Adults The question on whether juveniles should be tried as adults has risen increasingly. Some people say that it is ok since you are getting criminals out on the streets. Others say it is not ok on the ground that adult prisons have a multiple number of negative effects on juveniles and violates their 8th amendment since sentences are too horrendous for people under the age of 18 and they are not expected to cope with the situation.one example, when a child was convicted

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    age, many states continue to try teenagers as adults, often resulting in harsher adult penalties than youth processed in the juvenile system. As teenagers are still in the process of developing into an adulthood and are still learning about what they want to do with their lives, they deserve to be tried as teenagers and not adults. Although the crimes that teenagers commit can be just as bad as those of adults. Juveniles should not be tried as adults because their brains are not fully developed,

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    Sending Children and Teenagers to life in prison, and trying them as adults means that we as people and a society have given up on these young people. The Teens and Children serving adult sentences now, have no future to look forward to, and now can not change and become active members of society. When a juvenile is arrested, the police will submit an application for the perpetrator for probation. Probation then looks at the criminals environment, psychological factors, and other crucial factors

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    Why all children want to become eighteen years old? Well, they want to become eighteen years old because it will benefit them in many ways. Such as, they will not be considered as children anymore, which it is every child's dream. They will be given the right to vote and also will be able to smoke or buy tobacco product legally. Even so, young adults should remember that the society no longer consider them children. Therefore, they should be responsible for their actions. Also, they should realize

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    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. Every person in life has their own opinion and juvenile crimes are not an exemption to that.

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    be tried as Adults? Consider the following situation, “14 year old Nathaniel Brazill was found guilty for the murder of his English Professor last year. A charge of this degree usually comes with a prison sentence up to 30 years, but Brazille’s defense team is hopeful the judge will be more lenient in this case. Brazill’s team is riding on a powerful ally, Jeb bush, who said “There is a different standard for children, there should be some sensitivity that a 14 year-old is not a little adult” (Reaves

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    be Tried as Adults? Should juveniles be tried as adults? In some cases, I believe so. I believe they should be tried as adults if the murder someone. Other crimes they should be tried by the juvenile justice system. When deciding whether or not to try a juvenile as an adult for a particular crime, you need to know everything. Whether or not they have a psychological disadvantage, how they were raised, and how are they emotionally. I also do not believe that if a child is tried as an adult that

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    have to work with the defender for a long period of time. Currently, today 2 states, Kansas and Vermont have statuary provisions for trying children as young as 10 years old, while another handful of states are trying to move forward with similar legislation. In comparison, the state of Tennessee there is no minimum age for juveniles being transferred to adult criminal courts We all know the saying, “Old enough to do the crime, old enough to do the crime.” However, is this statement true at all? Americans

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