Now I am not saying children should not be punished for their crimes, they just should not be tried as adults. One of the best results for these children is that they spend as many yeas in rehabilitation as they need. Since the times of the Romans children and teenagers have been making immature decisions. We might even say it is a behavior pattern of the age. Charging them for their offenses in adult court sends out the wrong message and does not fix the problem of inappropriate neighborhoods, poorly funded public schools, and corrections racial profiling. We must put our resources into alternative programs and counseling for troubled youth, rather than directing them through the adult criminal court process.
There are many juveniles that have been or might be tried as adults for committing crimes. It is not right to treat children as adults when they simply are not. Under any circumstance juveniles should not be tried as adults and it is we as a society that needs to speak up and change society for the better.
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