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What should our bill say? - 137 views
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I think that for serious crimes, such as murder and rape, juvenile offenders should be tried in an adult court. If found guilty they should get the same punishment as an adult with a smaller jail time with an extended rehabilitation period. I think that multiple offenders should be given the same punishments as adults. For other smaller crimes, such as stealing and assault juvenile offenders should be tried in a juvenile court. If found guilty, they should receive smaller punishments intended for juveniles. This punishment could/should include rehabilitation and community service. I don't believe, however, that juvenile offenders should receive any capital punishment, no matter how harsh the crime committed is. An example of this is that one Virginian teenager spent time in jail after committing a non- violent carjacking crime. After leaving jail, he went on to graduate college and become a published author. It would have been a tragedy and a huge mistake if this young man had been killed because of one misstep he made. So, I believe that most juvenile offenders should have the chance to make up for their mistakes in the form of rehabilitation or community service. Multiple Offenders of serious crimes, however, should receive the same punishments as adults.
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Arguments against our bill - 21 views
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I agree Maeve. One problem for our bill could be the amount of time it takes for certain courts to make a punishment. I f a juvenile has to be moved from a juvenile court to a adult court and "okayed" by the state, this process could take a long time. States have lots of work to do, so, this process could take years and years.
Should juveniles be able to be tried in adult court? For what crimes? - 8 views
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I think that juveniles should be tried in adult cases if they are multiple offenders for serious cases, such as murder and rape. I do believe, however, that first time offenders for less serious cases, should be tried in a juvenile court, where the punishment includes lots of rehabilitation and community service.
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1. Our Bill provides fair trial for juveniles. Our bill has checks throughout the system in order to moderate branches of the processes
2. We give juveniles a second chance. All juveniles go to rehabilitation, giving them the chance to start over and start a new "life."
3. Our bill only gives a narrow age group that can be tried in an adult court, so that only a few specialized cases can be moved to an adult court. This saves people 15 of younger. Many people would agree with this because they believe that kids 15 and under are not fully developed and thus should not be tried in an adult court.
4. Our bill makes the best decision for each case, so that each juvenile can make a "path to recovery."
Ideas to defend in Debate:
1. Time process (time for cases to be processed is too long)
2. Capital Punishment (Our bill doesn't address capital punishment)
3. Our bill can have juveniles sentenced to an adult jail. Some people would argue against this because they believe that putting kids in jail only makes the situation worse.