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…;Many juvenile offenders have to stand trial just like an adult, especially in a murder case. This is not fair or just. Children do not even have the mental capacity to stand trial in most cases. Children are not mature enough to understand the real…

…. The reason the juvenile system did not use them right away was, because there were questions about their appropriateness for delinquents. Due to the increase population of juvenile offenders, the facilities started to overcrowd. Therefore, the correctional…

…juveniles from being housed with adult criminals. So most juveniles convicted as adults are housed in juvenile facility until they reach the age of 18. There are about 100,000 juvenile offenders annually who are on probation in California. The majority…

…Violent Offender Parole Whatever the human law may be, neither an individual nor a nation can commit the least act of injustice against the obscurest individual without having to pay the penalty for it. --Henry David Thoreau INTRODUCTION…

…are not responsible for people committing crimes. The prosecutor argued that this random killer [Dwayne] should die for his crimes. Thus, Dwayne was the first juvenile offender put to death in Virginia in over sixty-five years. He was executed on October 21, 1998. (Back…

…, and issues. One is not suddenly capable of driving at sixteen, and not immediately given the knowledge of the voting system at eighteen. How does a specific age predict when a person knows right from wrong? By not having a minimum age for juvenile offenders…

…societal standards of behavior. A significant, disproportionate and increasing share of America's crime problem is made up of juveniles. In addition, many of the adults in prison today began their criminal careers as youths and teenagers. Thus, any systematic…

…, drug addiction, and drunkenness are some forms of misbehavior involving the youth of today. But what exactly is juvenile delinquency? Juvenile delinquency does not have a constant or definite meaning. According to some psychologists, delinquents…

…Analysis of Juvenile Homicide A great majority of Americans think that crime is the greatest concern for the nation. (Cole 3) Even though statistics in the FBI Uniform Crime Reports show that crime decreases slightly each year, Americans are consumed…

…, was abducted and exposed to torture and finally battered on the railroad tracks waiting for a train to dismember him," is the new crime judges in that time were dealing with (Ripley). What is more odd in this story is that the murderers were juvenile. Both of them…