Minors_Should_Never_Be_Tried_As_Adults

Minors Should Never Be Tried As Adults Minors Should Never Be Tried as Adults In our judicial system today, there are currently two classifications a person can fall under when being tried in court. When a person is tried, he will fall under the category of either an adult or a minor. However, things in the judicial system are changing. Kids who would normally be considered a minor are now beginning to be tried as an adult. It seems to be plain and simple, a minor in this country is defined as a person under the age of eighteen. How, then, can we single out certain minors and call them adults' Were they considered adults before they carried out an act of violence' No. How then, did a violent act cause them to cross over a line that is defined by age' The current debate over juvenile crime is being dominated by two voices: officials proposing quick-fix solutions, and a media more intent on reporting violent crimes than successful prevention efforts. Minors should never be tried as adults in our society today. This is obvious through looking at propositions by our government, statistics on juvenile crime, and also from specific juvenile, crime, children, adults, adult, tried, system, plan, offenders, kids, minors, juveniles, crimes, year, simply, should, programs, government, about, youth, prevention, minor, media, been, young, violent, time, tiffany, solution, society, simple, serious, rather, problem, prisons