Wow! Great information guys. Sorry i haven't been on earlier but i think i may have a good point for your issue Mira about the age of a juvenile. The brain has not fully developed until the age of 25 years old. But in society we give people at the age of 21 the right to legally drink alcohol. Most people by then can drive too. But we prohibit them from full "benefits" of adulthood because we want to protect them. This should be especially true in court where the individual's well being is directly affected. The age for the entering adulthood should be common between the court system and other laws. I think the age should be at least 20 and under.
http://www.youthfacts.org/crime.html
From skimming this page i saw the 2nd table has the crimes by age and you will see that from age 18-24 the crime rate is almost as high as from less than 18 years old. Should they be considered juveniles? Lots of states don't include them but should we?

Another argument about our bill could be that some states disagree about the age of a juvenile. Some states like vermont may have a higher age of juveniles than other states like Texas. I will look into ages.

Also the age split for who can be tried in an adult court narrows the danger for very young kids who have hardly developed at all.

I think that the first thing that should be addressed in our bill is at what age you are still considered a juvenile. This then will show what group of people we addressing. I think that a juvenile should at the lowest be age 18 and under.

That looks great. To add on to Chance's question, should all juveniles have some sort of rehabilitation in their sentence? I think they should no matter what the age.

I think that both of the bills are great. Great summarizing of our points.

I think that the whole point of having a juvenile court system is so that juveniles will be tried in an environment that understands their age. I think that all juveniles should only be sent to a juvenile court. This doesn't mean that they can't get the same punishments as adults but i think there should be some sort of rehabilitation included. I also don't htink that the death penalty should apply to any juveniles.

I think that all juveniles should be kids at least 18 and younger, maybe even 20 and under even though the brain doesn't fully develop until 25. What do you think?