Should Juveniles Be Tried As Adults Research Paper
When it comes to trying teens in court as adults. Some say stop trying them as adults and try them as juveniles, others say they must be tried as adults when they commit adult crimes, such as, murder, and rape. I believe that juveniles should be held accountable for their actions and tried as adults because first of all everybody knows right from wrong, second of all, families and victims deserve justice, and third of all, serving the sentence can change the person for the better. Teens, kids, toddlers, babies, all know the difference between right and wrong. Since we are babies we know when something we are doing is wrong. For example one of my younger siblings when she was four years old or so would lie about having eaten something that she knew she wasn't supposed to. Till the day now, that she is gonna be nine she still lies about little stuff that she knows she’ll get in trouble for. That shows that since we are kids we know the difference between right or wrong. She knows she’ll get in trouble for it and knows its wrong but because of the same reason that she doesn't want to get in trouble she lies to protect herself. Another example is my baby cousin. He is around seven months and he likes to pull people's hair. His mom always gets him in trouble when he does it and he stops and laughs and does it again. In an article I read Teens should Absolutely Be Tried as Adults When They Commit Adult Crimes it says that “Morals are inherent from birth”. This is saying that kids, and even adults, should know the difference between right and wrong. Some say morals are learned, others say we inherit morals at birth, either way, a criminal is a criminal and must be punished as such. If you commit a crime no matter what age group you are in, you should take responsibility. Nobody should get a crime justified just because of your age, everyone is born knowing right from wrong, even babies. They say it's an insult when the family doesn't get justice for the murder or