should juveniles be charged as adults in murder cases?

Should juveniles be charged as adults in murder cases

The current situation of youth violence in the United States is getting worse by the minute . Students beating up other students , school children bringing deadly weapons , extorting money from other people are just common scenes in these youth today . These misguided youths are involved in many activities that are illegal , dangerous , and definitely not fit for the youth to do . Some end up hurting or killing somebody , and some end up getting killed . The dilemma would then lie on the hands of the

adults that should be guiding them , whether to punish them accordingly regardless of their age , or still consider their age and not give adult punishments

Some oppose charging these students with cases which are for adults They say that these are detrimental for the child 's future , because charging them as such takes away a good future for him . For cases such as murder , some say that these happens because they haven 't fully understand what lies ahead that 's why they have committed such act . They considered being at the confusion stage and their acts justify that Even in the case of murder , they shouldn 't be charged as an adult and receive adult punishment . They are saying that since they are young , the authorities could at least lessen the weight or burden of the punishment , or even , give a separate punishment such as rehabilitation or psychological treatments

These people say that even if it was taking the life away of another person , it was still done by a person which is not in the right frame of mid . They oppose convicting them because it might just worsen the case of the juvenile , since he is still at the period of development . They say that it could drive him to be wilder and much more dangerous if they would subject him to a situation which is fitted for adults . They don 't look at the crime committed by the juvenile himself , but instead they are looking at the situation of the doer of the crime

Looking closely , we could clearly see that it is somewhat reasonable to think that juveniles really are different from adults . But still , what they have committed is way more that any adults can do . Murder is murder - it is the taking away of the life of a person , not just giving physical pain or damage , but permanently ceasing the life out of someone . They say that they are not in the right frame of mind , since they are still young and haven 't had any grasp of the future . But the reality is , would someone who commits murder be in the right frame of mind , wherein the society we are living in is a life-preserving environment , condemning any acts of murder as a grave sin . If we are to pardon or let these juveniles get their way , we might as well let every murderers be given a rehabilitation punishment ' so that...