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5 pages in length. The writer briefly touches upon five pro and con arguments for not trying juveniles as adults. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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The level of psychological development between adults and children/juveniles is vast enough to render younger offenders as less culpable for their actions. These differences directly influence the extent to
which youth can effectively process the whys and hows of whatever crime they have committed - even as heinous as murder - nor can they absorb how the consequences of
such antisocial behavior can detrimental impact their lives forever. Children and juveniles live in the here-and-now without giving much - if any - thought to how their actions effect
others. This seemingly self-centered attitude has a strong scientific foundation behind its validity according to Adam Ortiz, a policy fellow with the American Bar Association Juvenile Justice Center:
Because the brains of juveniles, particularly the frontal lobes, are not fully developed, youths lack the ability to perform critical adult functions, such as plan, anticipate consequences, and control
impulses...This is the premise beneath societys across-the-board restrictions on voting rights, alcohol and tobacco consumption, and serving in the armed forces...Indeed, this is why we refer to those under 18
as minors and juveniles-because, in so many respects, they are less than adult (Juveniles Should Not Be Tried as Adults). PRO ARGUMENT #2 Children who commit serious crimes can
be rehabilitated. Amnesty International points out how the United States is "the only Western democracy that tries children as adults" (Juveniles Should Not Be Tried as Adults) and supports rehabilitation
over incarceration if America ever expects to reverse the alarming trend of juvenile criminal behavior. Moreover, trying juveniles as adults with the intent of imposing the death sentence is
a clear violation of Article 37(a) of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which unmistakably states offenders under the age of eighteen when the crime was committed
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