Marin Should Not Be Charged As An Adult

Even though Marin Sinzer was considered a minor at eight years old when he murdered his neighbor, Tammy Shevin, now he should be charged as an adult. The problem now is if Marin should be charged as a minor or an adult because of the age Marin was when he committed the crime. Marin should be charged as an adult because he is now thirty-eight years old and is not a minor anymore. He knew what he did was wrong and decided to withhold evidence from the police for twenty-five years. There is no statute of limitations for murder in Missouri, so Marin could be tried for this murder at any time. Marin should not be charged as a minor and have the juvenile court deal with the case because then he would be put in juvenile detention and be with

Minors can either be tried as a minor which is dealt with the juvenile court or as an adult which is dealt with the adult court system. The charge of the juvenile depends on the child’s age and what the crime was that they committed. In the article, “Tried as an Adult, Housed as a Juvenile: A Tale of Youth from Two Courts Incarcerated Together,” states, “It is argued that minors transferred to criminal court should not be incarcerated with adults, due to a greater likelihood of developing criminal skills, being victimized, and attempting suicide” (Bechtold 126). Marin was a minor when he murdered his neighbor, but is now an adult and should be charged as an adult. He should be charged as an adult because he is thirty-eight years old and should not be placed in juvenile detention

Twenty-five years have passed since the murder and Marin is now thirty-eight years old and is an adult and needs to take responsible for his actions when he was a minor. In Missouri, there is no statute of limitations for murder meaning there is no time limit. Event though, minors and adults have different mental understandings and capabilities, he knew that at eight years old sexually assaulting and murdering his toddler neighbor was wrong. Marin did not want to get in trouble from the police or his parents, that is why I believe he kept information about the case from the police. He was wrong for keeping the information from the police for that long, but once he gave his testimony it was accurate and he was either going to be charged a as minor or as an adult. Marin should be charged as an adult because placing him in a juvenile detention with juveniles is wrong because adults and juveniles cannot be housed together. Adults and juveniles cannot be housed together because we do not want the adults teaching the juveniles criminal skills, attempting suicide, or being assaulted by the adults. Juveniles are very observant and if adults were to be housed with the juveniles they would learn many things from the adults. They would even mostly likely start doing what the adult did and believe everything the adults told them. Marin was