Should Children Be Charged as Adults for a Major Crime? Crimes are rising every second of the day. In today's world, thousands of people are convicted of major crimes such as murder and rape. As the year’s progress more and more murders occur by adults and young children. Children from ages 5 to 13 who commit major crimes should be able to be charged as an adult. Allowing these children to get away with crimes such as murder gives them the idea that as long as they are under the age they have a free pass. When a major crime is committed by a child, they’re no less severe, and therefore they deserve an equally severe consequence. Letting anyone get away with a major crime does not give the victim the justice he/she deserves.
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A victim's family or close friends usually want one thing if their loved one has been victimized is that they're killer, abuser or whatever the case is to be fairly punished. When a murder is committed by a minor attorneys tend to avoid an adult conviction for the child since most juries may side with the defense that will argue they didn’t understand what they were doing. There are at least 2,500 children that have been rightfully punished for the crime they have committed. What about the rest of children who are not able to be punished for a crime they have clearly committed and knew exactly what they are doing? That 48% of children who have executed the same crime that has been on the same level of insanity as an adult felon and have received a lesser sentence than a child would or adult for the same crime, since they were found “unable "to understand the severe consequences they would have for their actions. Others like authors at “Column Five” may argue that “young criminals who are sentenced in adult prison are 5 times to be sexually abused” however, if children knew that they wouldn't be sentenced lightly and that they wouldn't always be protected by their age perhaps it would lessen the amount youth prosecutors have to give an adult sentencing to in an adult prison. Mahatma Gandhi once said “all crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such”. When someone has a disease doctors don’t choose the least effected medicine that might have an impact. The same thing district attorney should do, look further into the case and give the criminal a punishment that will have an impact on his/her life
A victim's family or close friends usually want one thing if their loved one has been victimized is that they're killer, abuser or whatever the case is to be fairly punished. When a murder is committed by a minor attorneys tend to avoid an adult conviction for the child since most juries may side with the defense that will argue they didn’t understand what they were doing. There are at least 2,500 children that have been rightfully punished for the crime they have committed. What about the rest of children who are not able to be punished for a crime they have clearly committed and knew exactly what they are doing? That 48% of children who have executed the same crime that has been on the same level of insanity as an adult felon and have received a lesser sentence than a child would or adult for the same crime, since they were found “unable "to understand the severe consequences they would have for their actions. Others like authors at “Column Five” may argue that “young criminals who are sentenced in adult prison are 5 times to be sexually abused” however, if children knew that they wouldn't be sentenced lightly and that they wouldn't always be protected by their age perhaps it would lessen the amount youth prosecutors have to give an adult sentencing to in an adult prison. Mahatma Gandhi once said “all crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such”. When someone has a disease doctors don’t choose the least effected medicine that might have an impact. The same thing district attorney should do, look further into the case and give the criminal a punishment that will have an impact on his/her life