Juveniles in Adult Courts
Juvenile offenders should be held accountable for their actions, as should any criminal. Depending on the severity of a crime, they should face the same punishment for the same crime as if committed by an adult. The question remains, should they be considered equals to these adult offenders in the eyes of the court. These juvenile offenders are charged with crimes and tried in a court with adults, in a place that was built and molded for adults. Is this a fair strategy to help society and deal with these juvenile offenders, or is it just putting additional strain on an already complicated issue? Since the turn of the century, when juvenile courts were put in effect, there have been instances where juveniles have been tried as adults. These states used this method to deal with the worst of the juvenile cases, while the juvenile court was still reserved for the remainder. Gradually, the other states began to also use this method of transferring juveniles into adult courts. If their crime was too heinous or the juvenile courts could not handle them, they were transferred. During recent years, an increasing number of juvenile offenders have been transferred out of the juvenile and into the adult courts.
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