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Children Should Be Tried As Adults Essay

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When a Child kills another human being, are they considered an adult? In a court of law, the answer to this question may vary. Children, based on their crime, should be tried as adults when they are adults. They should be able to serve time in juvenile detention, and when they turn the age of 18 be re-evaluated to see where they will end up. Children are not developed enough to be held accountable as adults. Although some may say that children should be treated as adults if they commit murder, a more just and reasonable solution is to try them as adults, but then hold them in juvenile detention until they tun the age of 18. At age 18 the children will be re-assessed and the court can re-open the case, and see how long their sentence in prison will be. …show more content…

Killing another human being is not a crime that you can commit, and not expect severe punishment. For example, Nataniel Brazil (age 14) was found guilty of second-degree murder. (Reaves 1) Second degree murder is “a non-premeditated killing, resulting from an assault in which death of the victim was a distinct possibility.” (Second) People such as Jeb Bush see that since Nataniel Brazil was a 14-year-old, the court should not treat him as an adult. (Reaves 1) A solution to this conflict could be the method stated above. Brazil can be tried as an adult, but will be held in juvenile detention until he reaches the age of 18. At this age he will be re-assessed for any improvement in behavior. If the professionals assessing him believe that he was responsive to his time in juvenile detention, then the time spent in juvenile detention (years) will be taken of his given sentence in prison. Some improvement can be related to adolescent brain development because as the child gets older, their brain will also develop, and they may realize the fault in their

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