Kids in some states are prosecuted as adults when they're at the age of 12 or 13. In the state of Georgia kids are prosecuted and sent to a juvenile facility until their 18th birthday then sent to jail. Stories of kids being prosecuted like this aren't uncommon you hear about them every other week. In various states around the U.S kids are prosecuted as adults and then treated with adult like punishments like being sent for life or no parole. Some reasons these cases happen is just because their juvenile court doesn't handle that type of case. When kids started being prosecuted as adults more trials like this have been held involving kids. Supporters want these trials to continue happening. Critics of this subject want the trials to be stopped.
