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Brittany Navarra's Case Summary

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Imagine a situation in which a report came out that a 17-year-old was arrested for the killing of his next-door neighbor with the use of a shotgun. The video explains how adolescents from different age groups were sentenced to different types of crime. Juvenile criminal systems are different from adult criminal systems because innocent or guilty isn’t involved in that type of case as the juvenile is still a minor. For the adult criminal system, the criminal who is an adult has the option to bond and has a right to a jury trial as well. The proper age to be charged as an adult is 17 years old. This age is the proper age because at 17 years old the brain is already developed and the juvenile should know what is right and wrong. In other words, others would say …show more content…

This case supports the position because it shows how Brittany Navarra's brain should have been developed. Although she had problems in her life, it is still wrong for her to damage the life of Krista. This displays how jealousy and family are a big issue, yet the brain is already developed for a teenager like her to commit a menacing crime. This reveals how an individual's actions can affect others. Many will probably disagree with the assertion that 17 years old is the age where a juvenile should be responsible for the crime that is committed. Some may disagree because others would say 17 years old is too young for a teenager or juvenile to be facing time in prison. Some may disagree with the assertion by saying that placing a juvenile in prison is similar to keeping a child in prison as well. While it is true that 17 years old is too young for a juvenile to be in prison, it does not necessarily mean that the brain can’t function correctly. This is a serious issue because a similar case relates to this, when a teenage girl named Alyssa murdered her neighbor Elizabeth by strangling her and stabbing her to

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