Juvenile Justice

Juvenile Justice Agree or Disagree

In juvenile justice I tend to lean more to the agreement side rather than the disagreement. If a minor commits a crime they do know what they’re doing. Yes they may not be fully developed and yes they may not be old enough to understand, but a crime is a crime and the juvenile had some sort of intention when committing it. When juvenile crimes occur no one knows for certain how or what caused the minor to do such a thing whether it be his family, friends, or even television. One thing for certain is the crime cant be forgotten murder is murder and a crime is still a crime. ! I lean on the agreement side because a minor who commits a serious

crime should be tried as an adult with equal consequences. Taking the life of another human being is a serious crime and should be dealt with in an adult manor. Whenever a minor commits a crime that would be considered serious for an adult to commit, the child should be punished equally. In reality, children are not usually taught to kill and break the law. Their parents want the absolute best for their kids and jail or even death is not one of the options. A child is around many other people and will learn that murder is wrong and the outcome will be very harsh. Children may or may not learn to kill people from television or from the people in their lives. Whatever the case may be murder is a sin no matter your age and there

are consequences. The disagreement side however tends to always revolve around the indiction of statistics and graphs of teenage brains. ! Some minors do the wrong things because they think that because of

their age, the adults will have more sympathy for them and they will get away with the crime. In Greg Krikorian’s article “Many Kids Called Unfit for Adult Trial” He states that “Thousands of juveniles tried as adults in the United States may be incompetent to stand trial because they are emotionally or intellectually unable to contribute to their own...