The society built around children in the 21st Century has become one of friendship over parenting. Disciplinarians are more concerned with how children feel about something than how they could help the child learn from an event. However, regardless of the lack of strong parenting, children by the time they reach ten years old have enough cognitive ability to determine broad aspects of what is right and wrong. Some of the first lessons that a child learns are to respect one another, to be kind to others, and to avoid violence. Children at age ten have not only learned these lessons, but have been applying them in their everyday lives since infancy, therefore children as young as ten should be allowed to be tried as adults for a crime.
In the case of the Slenderman trial, two 12 year old girls decided and planned to kill their friend, who was also 12 years old at the …show more content…
What these people do not realize is that most states limit judicial waivers- which gives the court the right to transfer a case to criminal court (Juvenile Justice Reform Initiative, 2014)- to youth who are considered to be “no longer amenable to treatment” (PBS Frontline, 2014). One of the large differences between Juvenile and Criminal court is the emphasis on rehabilitation, juvenile court wants to put children back on the correct path while criminal court wants to punish for wrong doings (National Report Series, 1999). Many states even have criteria that determine whether or not a case will be sent to criminal court or stay in juvenile court, completely removing the choice from judge (PBS Frontline, 2014). These criteria are used to prevent a judge from moving a case to criminal court because of a personal bias or precedents set by previous
In the case of the Slenderman trial, two 12 year old girls decided and planned to kill their friend, who was also 12 years old at the …show more content…
What these people do not realize is that most states limit judicial waivers- which gives the court the right to transfer a case to criminal court (Juvenile Justice Reform Initiative, 2014)- to youth who are considered to be “no longer amenable to treatment” (PBS Frontline, 2014). One of the large differences between Juvenile and Criminal court is the emphasis on rehabilitation, juvenile court wants to put children back on the correct path while criminal court wants to punish for wrong doings (National Report Series, 1999). Many states even have criteria that determine whether or not a case will be sent to criminal court or stay in juvenile court, completely removing the choice from judge (PBS Frontline, 2014). These criteria are used to prevent a judge from moving a case to criminal court because of a personal bias or precedents set by previous