Why Juveniles Should Not Be Tried As Adults

Juveniles should not be tried as adults , there are fourteen states that do not have an age limit towards children that have committed crimes that are considered more heinous. There is four different cases where four young minors committed a brutal crime. Two of them being tried as an adult and the other two as juveniles. Even an eleven year old being able to be tried as an adult for murder.
Many may argue that by the age of ten children know what they are doing, enough to know the consequences of their action. “Some states set the minimum age at 10, 12, or 13” (Eji). In the case of sixteen year old Shawn, he stabbed his father in his sleep. He was prosecuted for attempted murder. Shawn was unaware of what he committed for he did not remember he had stabbed his father. He plead guilty in the juvenile system for a …show more content…
Due to the ruling in Roper v. Simmons in 2005. Some Americans believe that no matter the age they should be tried as adults, what happens once they are in prison, Do they experience the damage made to the child who is still growing up and developing in life. “These are kids who are five times more likely to be raped or otherwise sexually assaulted than in juvenile facilities “ (Philip). Minios who are put into adult prison have a higher chance of getting rape and once they leave prison what happen after they get out. “ Most juveniles who serve time are eventually released.They will be traumatized from sexual assault or hyper-violent from having learned to fend off the threat”(Parsell). Minors who are put into adult prison are likely to get into trouble with the law again. Once they are put in an adult prison rather than juvenile facilities what happens to them psychologically and physically is harmful. “adult system are approximately 34 percent more likely than youth retained in the juvenile court system to be rearrested for a