“Five years ago juveniles were being tried for shoplifting, now we have murders, breaking out car windows … it all ties into gang activity. Six to eight months ago, a juvenile I represented said he wanted to be in a gang, so he robbed an elderly woman.” Juveniles should be convicted as adults for violent crimes because when they commit a crime and don't get caught or have any consequences after, they are basically walking around our streets with no one to notice they are criminals. If they did it once, they can do it again and get away with it. A crime is a crime no matter what the age of the criminal, they need to be punished. Based on the article, ”Kids Are Kids…” the author, Marjie Lundstrom states that children as young as twelve and thirteen are being charged as adults in America’s courts. For example, “On March 9, Lionel Tate-who was twelve when he savagely beat to death a six-year-old girl-will likely learn if he must spend life in prison after his lawyer unsuccessfully tried to put pro wrestling on trial.” This is showing how a juvenile is committing a crime so immense that might put him behind the bars. …show more content…
Also that a teenager killed a family because he wanted to “see what it would feel like to shoot someone.” Jenkins stated that, ”According to Charles Stimson, a leading expert in criminal law at the Heritage Foundation’s Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, he is one of 1,300 cases nationally of a teen killer sentenced as an adult to life.” This is another example of how an adolescent is getting the justice system’s attention for agreeing that they should be convicted as adults for violent