Juvenile Delinquents Fifteen year old Kahton Anderson was found guilty of second-degree murder before a jury in an adult court for the murder of a 39-year-old bus passenger named Angel Rojas. Anderson was already a juvenile delinquent, having been arrested in 2011 for causing fights in his schools, which caused him to move schools quite a bit, and it is because of these fights, mixed in with the gang activity around his town, that on March 20, 2014 Kahton Anderson (fourteen at the time) shot and killed Angel Rojas on accident in an attempt to scare off rival gang members. He tried to fight back and ended up shooting Angel Rojas (Pause) square in the back of his head while he was talking to his mother, Fidencia Ferriera, on the phone she
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Kahton had acted without thinking and ended up becoming a murderer. If Kahton has not been charged though the adult court system he would have only got off with a few years instead of his deserved 12 to life. In the 1900s schools and politicians argued that rehabilitative approaches were less effective than strict punishment. As well as being more effective in making the juvenile offenders regret what they have done, being charged through the adult court makes the offense show up on their permanent record instead of being covered up by the juvenile court. So that when they apply for a school or a career their principal or company can see what exactly type of a person they are hiring. If Kahton had been charged through the juvenile court, none of his schools or bosses may have know want he had done, which is a very dangerous situation. It is not only dangerous for his bosses or principals but for his future coworkers and future coworkers. Another advantage Kahton got was the fact that he got a jury whereas if he were to be charge through the juvenile court he would not have given or even able to have a jury. The jurors are charged with the responsibility of deciding whether, on the facts of the case, a person is guilty or not guilty of the offense for which he or she has been charged. The jury has to reach a verdict by considering only the evidence introduced in court and by the judge. Which is why it is more fair to a juvenile offender because the jury are people who may be more sympathetic to a young offender for their crimes which in turn helps the
Kahton had acted without thinking and ended up becoming a murderer. If Kahton has not been charged though the adult court system he would have only got off with a few years instead of his deserved 12 to life. In the 1900s schools and politicians argued that rehabilitative approaches were less effective than strict punishment. As well as being more effective in making the juvenile offenders regret what they have done, being charged through the adult court makes the offense show up on their permanent record instead of being covered up by the juvenile court. So that when they apply for a school or a career their principal or company can see what exactly type of a person they are hiring. If Kahton had been charged through the juvenile court, none of his schools or bosses may have know want he had done, which is a very dangerous situation. It is not only dangerous for his bosses or principals but for his future coworkers and future coworkers. Another advantage Kahton got was the fact that he got a jury whereas if he were to be charge through the juvenile court he would not have given or even able to have a jury. The jurors are charged with the responsibility of deciding whether, on the facts of the case, a person is guilty or not guilty of the offense for which he or she has been charged. The jury has to reach a verdict by considering only the evidence introduced in court and by the judge. Which is why it is more fair to a juvenile offender because the jury are people who may be more sympathetic to a young offender for their crimes which in turn helps the