...Putting young adults who committed severe crime in to the jail should not be mandatory. There has been a lot of cases where young adults commit severe crime and put in to the adult jail. Young adult criminals shouldn’t be considered as an adult when they commit crime because they are not mentally fully grown up. Instead of putting young adults to the jail, they should be dealt with specialist to work to their success of rehabilitation. However, there might be people who disagree with this because crime is crime and the youth who commits crime probably won’t understand how bad jail life is due to their lack of knowledge but if they experience the intensity of jail life, they will understand that the life in jail is very harsh and won’t commit...
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...Crime and Punishment Currently punishment for crimes committed is different for a juvenile than it is for an adult. Why would it be a different punishment for the same crime between juveniles and adults? Can juveniles really learn from their crime? What if the juveniles make the court believe that they learned from their mistake and they got out of jail and commit the same crime but worse. Is it really cruel and unusual to sentence life without parole to juveniles? Juveniles that commit extremely bad crimes should not be punished; who in their right mind thinks they should not be punished? Is life in prison with or without parole a better option for juveniles? It all comes down to what the juvenile did, and if the juvenile and the adult made the same mistake, they should get the same punishment. It should always be fair between adults and juveniles; there is no difference because they made the same mistake, a crime is a crime. To begin with, can juveniles really learn from their mistakes? Some juveniles can and others can't. Well how will the court make the right decision? For example a juvenile gains trust from the court and gets out of jail early but when they exactly get out of jail they go to a party and kill someone. It is the juveniles responsibility to not get in trouble because they have to be role models for the next generation of juveniles and be the adults. Juveniles can learn from their mistakes but there are always the juveniles that lose the opportunity...
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...It is not right for children to go to jail children who commit violent crimes should not be tried as adults.Death penalties can get out of hand and be unnecessary at the moment when children do not understand what they have done, they get into therapy or observed places to make them realize what they did was wrong.Children are too young to live on their own, vote, have a job or buy drinks or cigarettes at a store, but all of a sudden they make one mistake and get to the point where they get punished for even a lifetime.While they are in jail for their crime, they cannot defend themselves there.Too many bigger/older people harass, violate, mistreat and pick on others imagine how it would be with the younger kids. Young ones who commit violent crimes should not...
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...knowing it’s a whole court system I had to go through. I was 16 at the time so I got tried as an adult. I sign my plea for two weeks of probation later. Is the question “are juveniles getting a fair justice?” According to Nicole Scialabba during a single year, an estimated 2.1 million youth under the age of 18 are arrested in the United States. Since the 1980s there has been growing concern about crimes committed by young people. Juveniles should not be tried as adults because young offenders are at risk sent to adult prisons, they are more likely to commit crimes and they lack understanding of the crime they committed. Juveniles should not be tried as adults because they will be sent to an adult prison. An adult prison will have an extremely destructive effect on the juveniles. “Young prisoners are also at a disadvantage because they are not as mature (mentally and physically) as older prisoners (Scott). It is saying that automatically going in a adult prison they are already not safe. Compared to adults they are small. The adult prisoners are physically bigger than juveniles so...
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...offender committed a serious crime, the consequences for that crime were not very harsh, and the offenders were being let off too easily. The words “Violent Youth” are inscribed into the shirt that the offender is wearing, and it shows that the offender is a violent youth. The skull and bones on the shirt means that the person is toxic and dangerous, and is exaggerated to show that they might have committed a...
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...eighteen should not be tried as an adult because a prison is not parenting any child, some of the punishments are too harsh, and because of their immature brains. Prison is not a place where juveniles will actually get to learn things like people expect them to. It does not provide help like a parent would. Most juveniles commit crimes because they are probably neglected or do not have a parent role model there for them. Any role model could do so much for an adolescent because they follow the steps of that person. Young offenders often end up isolated from society because of this they choose to do foolish things. The foolish things some end up doing are joining gangs, committing robberies and doing drugs. A prison is not going to help as much with those issues. A gang member still has a connection to the outside world so them changing is a bad bit Unlikely. Prisons can not change juveniles like people think they should. If prisons help so much why are there second offers? Most juvenile offenders become second offenders because...
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.... Teenagers aren’t ready to the facing time in jail and don’t know how living in a jail cell is like. In the juvenile system 60% of teenages face life in prison for mistakes that they committed in their past. Juvenile offender under the age of eighteen who commit heinous crimes should not be sentenced to life in prison without parole. Adolescents who are part of a group when committing a crime where someone is killed shouldn’t face consequences under the Felony murder Act. For example, Laurence Steinberg said in the article ‘Don't Put Juvenile in Jail for Life’ “Kuntrell Jackson was part of a group of boys who shot a store clerk during a robbery of a video store in Arkansas; although Jackson did not do the shooting, he was found guilty of...
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...When a child commits a crime do they instantly become an adult? Do they continue with the innocuousness of childhood, despite the gravity of his or her actions? Nearly three thousand juveniles have been sentenced to life of imprisonment with no chance of parole (children in prison). Typically without any consideration of their home life, age, or background. This is cruel, wicked, sad, and barbarous. Juveniles should not be tried as adults because, everyone deserves a second chance, the adolescent brain is not fully developed until the age of twenty-five, and children are fixable. Everyone deserves a second chance to make the right decisions and to try become a better person. Juveniles should be given the second chance to reflect on what they have done and not be put in a jail cell. They are just starting their lives, this will affect everything they strive to do. Trying to go to college, get a job, or start a family. A juvenile is a person who is under the age of eighteen, that is not enough time to even know who you are yet, to see your potential. Some of the kids that are being tried as an adult today aren't even old enough to drive, let alone start their high school careers. They are just little kids that have went down the wrong path and need some guidance. It is proven that...
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...At 15 years old you are not able to drink, drive, vote, or even see an R-rated movie by yourself because you are not classified as an adult. If this is the case, why are juveniles tried as adults when they commit a crime? Every year there is an estimated 250,000 youth tried in the United States as an adult. Although no crime should go unpunished, there are many contributing factors that states why a minor shouldn’t be sentenced as an adult. The fact that most adolescents become repeat offenders, they are not able to survive in prison, and the court is basically ruining their lives are just a few examples of why they shouldn’t be tried as an adult. To begin with, 66 percent of the youth in the United States that are sentencved to prison become...
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...Juvenile Justice and Rehabilitation When discussing rehabilitation or punishment for juvenile delinquents, I believe there should be rehabilitation over punishment. Granted there are numerous cases that completely warrant punishment, but punishment isn’t always the answer. Adults are usually given second, third and fourth chances to change their lives. And sometimes rehabilitation isn’t involved. I believe since adolescents still have plenty of time to get counseling or learn about themselves and why they acted the way they did, there is always an opportunity for them to change. Adolescents don’t have the same thought process as adults. They tend to react emotionally, so if their emotions are flying high, adolescents aren’t always able to stop themselves from doing something foolish or harmful to others. This is also the point in their life when they are becoming curious about how their bodies are changing. Also add in drug or alcohol experimentation and that’s a recipe for trouble. There are numerous supporters for rehabilitation, just like there are individuals against it. As long as there is a juvenile justice system, there will always be a debate. One person that agrees with rehabilitation is Kurt Kumli, a supervising deputy district attorney for the Santa Clara County’s Juvenile Division in California. Mr. Kumli (2001) stated that there are different methods that work on different kids. But the one thing that is constant, is the need to get to the kids “sooner, than...
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...for adults and juveniles differs in many significant ways. An adult system is for eighteen and older who have committed a crime. The juvenile system is for young offenders who commit serious crimes. Adult offenders have to get a lawyer in order to meet a judge, and juvenile that is under eighteen needs to have their parents present to meet the judge. There are more crimes committed by juveniles. Some examples are school shootings, and murders. Sometimes kids commit a serious crime and are sent to adult prison. Two young girls who lured another twelve year old girl in to the woods, and stabbed her 19 times to please slender man. The two girls are being charged with first degree intentional attempted homicide. They are likely to be tried as adults and long prison sentences. These girls were only trying to please a fictional character who they thought was real and lived in the woods. They thought if they pleased slender man he would not come after them. The girls did not do this intentionally, they were doing it for their safety. Some people think we should treat them as adults and others think they are still kids whose brains are not yet fully developed. Adult courts tend to be more punishing, while juvenile courts tend to be more rehabilitative. Every state has their own laws and rules they make and follow. Each state is left up to their own devices on what to do. The district attorney has the power to charge a young defendant as an adult. Juveniles are not considered adults, crime...
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...the moment of the crime? What if that teen was going through something unbreakable at the time and doesn’t know how to control their emotions or mind. More than 25 percent of people severing life without parole who were convicted of felony murder or accomplice liability as children. In America, there are 10,000 children that are held in adult prisons on any given...
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...from jail every day after serving only very short sentences. Some of these criminals are juveniles who are committing adult crimes. When being tried in the juvenile court system, they are receiving shortened sentences, and they are being released and given new identities to continue to go about their lives but the victims and their families of the crime are left to suffer without having justice served. By changing the way the court system sees juveniles, the United States can change their motives and approach to society. Minors should be tried as adults because everyone has control over their actions unless diagnosed with a mental disability, victims will not receive full justice, and lastly the young adults might not learn from their mistakes. When it comes to trying teens as adults, many say trying them as adults is to cruel and harsh of a punishment but instead to try them as juveniles instead, others say they must be tried as adults after committing an adult crimes. Younger induviduals should be held accountable for their actions and tried as adults. Children almost always know right from wrong even starting at young age. These young adults are usually always taught to talk or consult with...
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...are 21yrs of age. It also has to do with the severity of the crime that the person commits. Around the age of 16-18 they can be charged as adults because they are old enough to understand the consequences of their actions. The jail time for these offenders can be from a couple of months to ten years, depending to the severity of the crime and of their age as well. I believe that armed robbery has dropped in the criminal world, due to the fact that stores and places have camera's that see everything. There are alarms that alert people when something isn't right and they can take care of it and it will scare people off and that usually stops them from finishing the job. The objective of the bill is to make sure the offender pays for the crimes that they committed. It makes sure that they serve the time they are responsible for, without getting released early from jail. They hope doing so will show the offender that they mean business and that they hope they will not do it again. The goals of this bill is to teach offenders a lesson in what they did and how wrong it is to keep doing so. I also think they are trying to show society that are make that one step closer to making the offenders pay for the crimes they committed without getting away with it. Another goal would be to show the offenders that they mean business and by making the sentences longer may keep someone from doing a crime. They are also hoping the crime...
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...Drug Users Should go to Rehab Police officers are arresting people that have been to jail for drug abuse.They are repeated offenders.Which solves nothing because when they get out they're going to do the same because they haven't learned anything on how to stop doing drugs and how to control it. In 2011 12,408,899 people were arrested for drug charges, around 3% of people who did drugs were sentenced to a state prison in 2014 which the number of people would be 95,800 people. Also it is very expensive too put one prisoner away for a crime, in california it costs $47,000. There is overcrowding in federal and state prisons all around the country, in which we should lessen the amount of people that are drug users in those federal and state prisons....
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