Should Juveniles get waivered to adult court? In todays law juveniles are allowed to be waivered into adult court depending on certain circumstances.
In the Ohio Revised Code the child has to be charged with a felony or a captial offense such as aggravate and then also has to be a minimum age of 14(ORC). The child who is being charged with the crime has to go through an investigation and a hearing before they can be transferred (waivered) to adult criminal court. Some factors that are looked for in the hearing are that there is probable cause to believe the child committed the offense alleged and there are reasonable grounds to believe that the child is not amenable to care or rehabilitation in any facility for delinquent children and the
In the Ohio Revised Code the child has to be charged with a felony or a captial offense such as aggravate and then also has to be a minimum age of 14(ORC). The child who is being charged with the crime has to go through an investigation and a hearing before they can be transferred (waivered) to adult criminal court. Some factors that are looked for in the hearing are that there is probable cause to believe the child committed the offense alleged and there are reasonable grounds to believe that the child is not amenable to care or rehabilitation in any facility for delinquent children and the