They’re young and have life ahead of them, and they should not have to face a sentence as an adult. They make mistakes, sometimes from pressure from peers or sometimes out of anger, and trying them as an adult is unjustified and morally wrong. Making mistakes is the only way for someone to learn; if the young person is sentenced to years of community service or a jail sentence where the minor is not set to be released until they are in their forties, then the life of a young person has been wasted when they could have been learning from their mistakes and possibly making up for it. Sometimes they might deserve to be locked away in jail for life, but in all reality putting them in jail with a bunch of adults is morally
They’re young and have life ahead of them, and they should not have to face a sentence as an adult. They make mistakes, sometimes from pressure from peers or sometimes out of anger, and trying them as an adult is unjustified and morally wrong. Making mistakes is the only way for someone to learn; if the young person is sentenced to years of community service or a jail sentence where the minor is not set to be released until they are in their forties, then the life of a young person has been wasted when they could have been learning from their mistakes and possibly making up for it. Sometimes they might deserve to be locked away in jail for life, but in all reality putting them in jail with a bunch of adults is morally