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3 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses transfer laws and adult court as they related to juvenile offenders. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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latter of which leaves the prosecutor with the final decision as to whether a juvenile will or will not be tried as an adult. Since the judge plays no
part in the decision, no formal, signed release is necessary. Judicial-discretionary affords the courts the decision of how the juvenile is tried, however, each case must first begin in
juvenile court. A formal approval signed by the judge is mandated before youth can be transferred to adult court. Automatic legislative exclusion place state legislature in the position
to decide how a juvenile is tried, removing all responsibility from both the prosecutor and courts. This particular transfer law is imposed when the crime is either felonious in
nature or drug-related. As McGowan (2008) notes, "with three main transfer laws in use some states may use only one transfer law while other states may use a combination
that utilizes two transfer laws." Juvenile criminal offenders have historically found protection under the law when it comes to being tried as adults
when they have committed adult crimes. Contemporary society, however, witnessed a significant change in attitude toward some offenses whereby juveniles now can be tried - and convicted - as
an adult. The extent to which the justice system has historically provided juveniles with a much lighter punishment for an offense that would otherwise earn an adult a severe
sentence is both grand and far-reaching; that such variables as age and offense determine how and where a juvenile is tried speaks to what many believe to be a miscarriage
of justice when youthful offenders know the difference between right and wrong even if they are minors. The argument about immaturity, as commonly utilized, holds that if the decision
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