Question

Focus Question — Should the courts treat minors the same as adults when they are accused of serious crimes? i have some but i need tips

Answer 1

Heres what i have so far.

An estimated 7,100 juvenile defendants were charged with felonies in adult criminal court in 1998.In criminal courts in these 40 counties, juveniles (64%) were more likely than adults (24%) to be charged with a violent felony. These juvenile defendants were generally treated as serious offenders, as 52% did not receive pretrial release, 63% were convicted of a felony, and 43% of those convicted received a prison sentence. That is a lot of minors being tried as adults, is it right or wrong?
Minors do not have the same mind capacity as adults do, they are not able to make life changing decision at the age of 13; maybe when they did this crime they were doing it because of peer pressure, their family was in danger, or because they were forced to.
There are certain criteria that needs to be met in order to try a minor as an adult, the most important being mental state.