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  • Tried As Adults Violent Crimes
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    Should Juveniles be Tried as Adults Violent crimes are committed in the United States everyday. Almost one-half of them are committed by teenagers ages 13 through 17 ("End of Line" 484). After the crimes have been committed and the lives of these children have been radically changed, society often demands that those who commit violent crimes be tried as adults, rather than as adolescents. Juveniles should be given light sentences and a second chance to return to the streets. Trying these teens a...
  • Serious Offenders In Prison The Juvenile Court
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    Juvenile Justice By: Bill In today's society juveniles are being tried in adult courts, given the death penalty, and sent to prison. Should fourteen-year olds accused of murder or rape automatically be tried as adults? Should six-teen year olds and seven-teen year olds tried in adult courts be forced to serve time in adult prisons, where they are more likely to be sexually assaulted and to become repeat offenders. How much discretion should a judge have in deciding the fate of a juvenile accused...
  • Teen Court And The Young Offenders Act
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    Much controversy exists on the question of whether a juvenile criminal should be punished to the same extent as an adult. Those who commit capitol crimes, including adolescents, should be penalized according to the law. Age should not be a factor in the case of serious crimes. Many people claim that the child did not know any better, or that he was brought up with the conception that this behavior is acceptable. Although there is some truth to these allegations, the reality of this social issue ...
  • Juvenile Court System
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    Hard Time To be young is to be mischievous. There has probably never been a time in history when young people did not occasionally steal, damage property, runaway from home or school, assault other people, or act disrespectful to adults. Within the past three decades, judicial decisions, legislative amendments, and administrative changes have transformed the juvenile court from a nominally rehabilitative social welfare agency into a scaled-down-class criminal court for young people. Webster's Di...
  • Teens As Adults
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    Eric Dinger English 2, sec 48 Ms. Brock Proposal paper 2/27/01 Juvenile or Adult With the increasing large amount of crimes being committed by juvenile's, official are trying to come up ways to prevent these crimes from ever happening. More and more teens are committing crimes because they know they can get away with because of their age, especially in gangs. We should understand that teens are getting smarter. Teens know how far they can go before they really get themselves into some trouble th...
  • Right Of The Criminal Defendant In Court
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    The Supreme Court has long considered competency to be a right of the criminal defendant in court. In many areas, insanity has been a criminal defense with a significant history. However, in the early part of this century, adult protections, including the competency requirement and common defenses like insanity, were not added into the juvenile court system. Because juvenile courts were established to protect juveniles from the rigors of adult court and punishments in adult facilities, states fo...
  • Longer Acceptable By Rational Human Beings Abortion
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    Are juveniles as under control today as they were in the past? Crime plays a major role in today's society. The government follows the policy and has always followed the policy that no crime goes unpunished. The controversy that surrounds the United States courtrooms today is whether or not a minor needs to stand trial as an adult for committing a serious offence. These decisions made by the judge or jury in the preliminary hearing affect the rest of the suspects life. The opposing argument to t...
  • Youth Need
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    Over the past ten years, the juvenile crime rate has fluctuated, leaving law enforcement officials baffled over what programs may or may not work. Some believe that strict penalties, such as adult trials, will bring an end to the rise in youth crime activity. Others believe youth need to be dealt with delicately and reformed into model citizens through therapy. One aspect that is a constant in both beliefs: it is society's responsibility to find a way of preventing children from going awry. Pres...
  • Juvenile Under The Adult Justice System
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    Nathaniel Abraham, at age thirteen, is on of the nations youngest first-degree murder defendants. When he committed his crime, at age eleven, he was to young to see rated R films but, was old enough to be tried in an, adult court, as someone who could (Mark P. 1). Juvenile offenders should not be tried as adults under the adult justice system. Societal problems are great influence in the way a child acts and thinks. Therefore, societal problems are a great contributing factor to the reasons why ...

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