When the government harms a person without following the exact course of law it is a due to process violation which offends rule of law. So it mainly protects the rights of a person so they cannot harm them …show more content…
They should be punished for the severity of their crime just like everyone else. The Constitution has many ways of discriminating against children and citizens underage. States can enact legislation that criminalizes underage drinking, or sexual contact between people under the age of majority, and they can, as they see fit, place whatever age limit they choose on the definition of a youth – 37 states including Arizona place the age of adult criminal responsibility at 18, 11 states place it at 17 and two states, New York and North Carolina deem any crime committed by a 16 year old or older to have been committed by an adult. Nowhere in the country can minors be accorded the right to bail (they must be released from custody into the care of a parent or guardian) or to a trial by jury of their peers. But minors everywhere are afforded the Fifth Amendment right to due process and representation by an attorney. If underage people have the same rights as adults, why not be punished the same for the severity of their