Teens should not be charged as adults because they do not know or understand the law or their rights," says Pincham.
Justice Stephen White, from Pennsylvania says, "I do not believe a 7- or 8-year-old has the capacity to understand the nature and gravity of their offense. I do believe there are circumstantial facts that a state."
Nick Pastore, a former police chief of New Haven, Connecticut now working for DC-based Criminal Justice Policy Foundation as a research consultant said, "We just give up on these young criminals. They are past redemption! …
