Juveniles
It is estimated by the Justice Department, that more than 10 percent of homicides are committed by minors (Khan). When an adolescent commits a serious crime, he or she is most likely charged as a minor, meaning they don’t have to serve jail time and instead are sent to a juvenile detention or rehabilitation center. The problem with charging kids based on age is that each person matures at different rates and times, like Cameron Williams who ran from the police after shooting one. The Jordan Brown case which involved an eleven year old who killed Kenzie Houk. Statistics also show that Juvenile Detention Centers are not as effective in adolescents like for Julie Kisaka who had completely turned her life around after committing a crime. . A Juvenile Detention center is where an adolescent could go from …show more content…
Some parents would argue that these children had no idea what they was doing, Chris Brown who said "To try to explain to a 12-year-old what the rest of your life means it's incomprehensible for him. He doesn't appreciate the magnitude of what he's facing.” Chris believes his son was and still is innocent and had no idea what he was doing, and what he was doing what actually wrong, but compelling evidence proves him wrong in his claim for his son. Statistics in California for three different rehabilitation centers show that the majority of adolescents in these detention centers are unaffected by their time in juvenile detention centers. The same results were shown in Chicago. Charging minors as adults could also help these individuals because they could learn from the mistakes made while also serving justice, for the families they hurt, and what they
It is estimated by the Justice Department, that more than 10 percent of homicides are committed by minors (Khan). When an adolescent commits a serious crime, he or she is most likely charged as a minor, meaning they don’t have to serve jail time and instead are sent to a juvenile detention or rehabilitation center. The problem with charging kids based on age is that each person matures at different rates and times, like Cameron Williams who ran from the police after shooting one. The Jordan Brown case which involved an eleven year old who killed Kenzie Houk. Statistics also show that Juvenile Detention Centers are not as effective in adolescents like for Julie Kisaka who had completely turned her life around after committing a crime. . A Juvenile Detention center is where an adolescent could go from …show more content…
Some parents would argue that these children had no idea what they was doing, Chris Brown who said "To try to explain to a 12-year-old what the rest of your life means it's incomprehensible for him. He doesn't appreciate the magnitude of what he's facing.” Chris believes his son was and still is innocent and had no idea what he was doing, and what he was doing what actually wrong, but compelling evidence proves him wrong in his claim for his son. Statistics in California for three different rehabilitation centers show that the majority of adolescents in these detention centers are unaffected by their time in juvenile detention centers. The same results were shown in Chicago. Charging minors as adults could also help these individuals because they could learn from the mistakes made while also serving justice, for the families they hurt, and what they