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Almost every state now allows for juveniles to be tried as adults. ...
Adult prisons are not safe places for teenagers, but the justice system believes
that youths will commit fewer crimes if they know they could go to an adult
prison. ...
Those who argue that juveniles should receive harsher punishments, also
tend to argue that the courts should be able to try juveniles as adults. Many highranking
officials such as senators and governors believe that youths should only
be considered juveniles until the age sixteen. ... Sexton argues
that any sixteen-year-old youth should know what they are doing, and when they
kill someone they should be charged as adults for the adult crimes they
committed (Sexton 164). ...
Another position that those people tend to argue is that youths commit just
as many violent crimes as adults. ... Juvenile court judges believe that many of the offenders
are too young for such a harsh program.
Approximate Word count = 704
Approximate Pages = 2.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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