One good part about our bill is that it includes mandatory rehabilitation for ALL kids. This is very good and will mean that for everyone that does not get a life sentence, they will have a second chance at life, and with , hopefully, a new outlook on life, also.

One argument that you could make against our bill is that if we say that for very serious crimes, kids 15 -18 will be sent to an adult court, this means that they will be given the punishment that an adult would be given. OUr bill said nothing against capital punishment for juveniles, so if kids are sentenced this, they will die. This I don't agree with.

When juveniles commit crimes like murder or rape, then they should be sent to jail after a fair trial. You can't let a crime that huge off the hook so easily. What's to stop juveniles from doing a crime like this again if their first time they received none or little punishment? I think that for less serious crimes juveniles should be sent to a rehabilitation center after a fair trial. This is because maybe there was a reason that they committed this crime, or something that made it our of their control/power. I also think that it might work if all juveniles 15 or over should go to adult courts, and any younger should go to juvenile courts.
I heard about a case where a juvenile who commited burgalry went to jail, and when he came out he went to college, and then became a proffeser. This shows that lesser crimes shouldm't go unpunished, but they should defineitly get a second chance.

I agree with you Kieran . Should we add that everyone over 15 gets to go to an adult court-. . .. ?
If people agree with this/ Kierans, say so and then we can right a final bill.

Yeah sounds good. Isn;'t kinda long. . . . . .

This is a good first website- it has: what is a juvenile offender, what will happen to them, and the difference between adult courts and juvenile courts.