In the discussion of crime vs age , there is one question that is asked would a young adult be testify as an adult in court for a crime? people who are very technical argue that juveniles do not commit crimes, they commit minor crimes that won't affect them if they are being tried as an adult in court. However, there are events when serious crimes are committed by a young adult and are going to be testify if they are going to be considered young adults or an adult. When a young adult is charged with a crime and is tried as an adult they could go to jail for years as an adult. According to the Pittsburgh youth study they found that people who start offending at an early age will continue to offend up to the age of 25 and Juveniles who start
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Some young adults are tried as adults in court because they are young adults who like to offend or because of the crime they committed was too serious to ignore so they are now they are going to testify as an adult. When a young adult is being tried as an adult their case gets transferred to adult criminal court through a process called a waiver. While being tried as an adult in adult court gives the young adult more protection it can also have its disadvantages too, including the possibility of severing time in an adult prison. In some states a young adult offender must be at least 16 years old to be eligible for a waiver to be adult court. But in some other states preteen as young as 13 could be allowed to a waiver . And some few states will allow young adults of any age to be tried as adults for certain types of crimes no matter the crime. In those states their main goal is to focus on lowering the minimum age of the eligibility for a waiver into an adult court. This is because of a public perception that juvenile crime is on the rise and offenders are getting young and something needs to happen to stop it. Sometimes it can be a huge advantage for a juvenile to be tried in adult court and here some reasons why minors have the right to a jury trial in adult court if they want and most states do not allow this, juries in a adult court may be more sympathetic to a minor. And then there are there disadvantages of a adult criminal court where the young adult can be sentenced to life, the young adult may have to serve time in an adult jail or prison (if it comes down to that),rather than going to a juvenile detention
Some young adults are tried as adults in court because they are young adults who like to offend or because of the crime they committed was too serious to ignore so they are now they are going to testify as an adult. When a young adult is being tried as an adult their case gets transferred to adult criminal court through a process called a waiver. While being tried as an adult in adult court gives the young adult more protection it can also have its disadvantages too, including the possibility of severing time in an adult prison. In some states a young adult offender must be at least 16 years old to be eligible for a waiver to be adult court. But in some other states preteen as young as 13 could be allowed to a waiver . And some few states will allow young adults of any age to be tried as adults for certain types of crimes no matter the crime. In those states their main goal is to focus on lowering the minimum age of the eligibility for a waiver into an adult court. This is because of a public perception that juvenile crime is on the rise and offenders are getting young and something needs to happen to stop it. Sometimes it can be a huge advantage for a juvenile to be tried in adult court and here some reasons why minors have the right to a jury trial in adult court if they want and most states do not allow this, juries in a adult court may be more sympathetic to a minor. And then there are there disadvantages of a adult criminal court where the young adult can be sentenced to life, the young adult may have to serve time in an adult jail or prison (if it comes down to that),rather than going to a juvenile detention