On June 14, Cameron Williams, a thirteen year old boy, was arrested after throwing rocks and other materials at police at a Trump rally. Williams was charged with two felonies and was going to be tried as an adult. A spokesman for the police stated, “We don't want to make an example out of a boy. We just want to guide him in the right direction.” The Williams attorney deliberately disagreed. For the rest of his life, this child will no longer be seen as a child, but an adult. Kids who commit crimes are still kids. They are just confused and misguided. Anybody who arrests a child and claims that they are not making an example out of them lie straight to our faces. Anyone who tries a child as an adult does not realize that the child is still a child. Our criminal law system only guides young juveniles down the wrong path to mental destruction. No matter what crime the child commits.
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Laws do not distinguish between children and adults. Children as young as seven years of age and now being tried, sentenced and charged in adult courts. What problem does this cause? This poses many problems, given that the fine line between gender, age and mental illness in prisons. Children have to fight even harder to escape the realities of prison. Some wake up everyday in fear of being raped and beaten up. Why don't we educate the lack of moral standards and education in children instead of throwing them in prison with adults. Being in a closed off building, does not set an example for our youth. Being in a sectioned off road with police constantly watching your every move does not turn a wrong into a right. If our youth is never shown right from wrong then they will come out of jail the same way they came in.
Laws do not distinguish between children and adults. Children as young as seven years of age and now being tried, sentenced and charged in adult courts. What problem does this cause? This poses many problems, given that the fine line between gender, age and mental illness in prisons. Children have to fight even harder to escape the realities of prison. Some wake up everyday in fear of being raped and beaten up. Why don't we educate the lack of moral standards and education in children instead of throwing them in prison with adults. Being in a closed off building, does not set an example for our youth. Being in a sectioned off road with police constantly watching your every move does not turn a wrong into a right. If our youth is never shown right from wrong then they will come out of jail the same way they came in.