Should juvenile offenders be tried as adults? If a child is a juvenile offender for something real bad such as anything that has to do with murder, yes I believe they deserve to be tried as adults. Most kids who get involved in murders know exactly what they are doing. If the child who is a juvenile offender does something such as stealing, vandalizing, loitering, etc. Those kids should just be tried as juveniles instead of adults. My thoughts on juvenile offenders are being tried as adults is if they have done something bad enough to where the judge thinks he/she deserves to be tried as an adult, I believe they should so they can get bad people off the streets. A juvenile is a person under the age of 18. 27% of
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A 14 yr old boy by the name of tony hick shot and killed Tariq Khamisa thinking he would be able to get away with it because he is under the age of 18. When he went to court there was a new law which was an accused killer can be tried as an adult even under the age of 18. About 10% of all homicides are committed by juveniles under the age of 18. Nearly every year the FBI arrest more than 33,000 young adults under the age of 18 for offenses. Across nearly the whole United States, thousands of children have been sentenced as adults and sent to adult prisons. Nearly 3,000 nationwide have been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Children as young as 13 years old have been typically without any consideration of their age or circumstances of the offense. 13? You think 13 is bad, in the 1900’s at least 10 children were executed in the United States for crimes they committed at the age of 7. Most crimes committed are by children under the age of 18. Research has shown that children in the adult criminal justice system are 34% more likely to be arrested again than those convicted of similar offenses in juvenile court. They are also 36
A 14 yr old boy by the name of tony hick shot and killed Tariq Khamisa thinking he would be able to get away with it because he is under the age of 18. When he went to court there was a new law which was an accused killer can be tried as an adult even under the age of 18. About 10% of all homicides are committed by juveniles under the age of 18. Nearly every year the FBI arrest more than 33,000 young adults under the age of 18 for offenses. Across nearly the whole United States, thousands of children have been sentenced as adults and sent to adult prisons. Nearly 3,000 nationwide have been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Children as young as 13 years old have been typically without any consideration of their age or circumstances of the offense. 13? You think 13 is bad, in the 1900’s at least 10 children were executed in the United States for crimes they committed at the age of 7. Most crimes committed are by children under the age of 18. Research has shown that children in the adult criminal justice system are 34% more likely to be arrested again than those convicted of similar offenses in juvenile court. They are also 36