do you think its wrong ....?

Question

In court , a young teen on trial always gets a case where they TRY to get them trialed as an adult(which usually does happen). I mean, other laws concerning age restrictions have NO exceptions or leaneancy and have severe consequences for violating them. If these age restriction laws are so serious why do people with offical power always change them to there will, are they just old and bitter ? Dont you think its wrong for them to "bend" the law just bcuz they want to.

Answer 1

You are suggesting laws in place to protect and keep safe those under the age of 18 should be held for those that violate laws too? Laws protecting and securing are exactly that. Once the law is broken, you gave up the rights that protect everyone else.

Answer 2

When A Juvenile commits a crime that is so bad that the crime does not fit the punishment. The Government has the right to seek to have the Offender tried as an Adult and subject to adult punishments.
The reason Say a Juvenile takes a gun and shoots one of your friends and that person dies.Under the laws covering Juveniles
they can only be held till he reaches the Age of Majority Or 21.
say he is 16 at the time of the shooting. that means that the longest he can be held is 5 years for MURDER!
The Crime doesn't fit the punishment thus he is certified as an Adult and Subject to Adult Time.

Answer 3

It probably depends on the severity of the criminal act. If a juvenile commits murder, then perhaps they should be tried as an adult. If the crime is less severe, then the laws that apply to juveniles are appropriate in that they are there in the hopes that the young offender simply had a youthful indiscretion and has the ability to reform as he matures.

Answer 4

Kids are trying to act more and more like adults at younger and younger ages these days. Times change and laws need to as well. It really depends on the case for me.

Answer 5

yes it is wrong 2 bend the law jus because they want 2 the law should be the same and applies the same 4 everybody that is unfair 4 them 2 change the law fo some people jus because they feel like it

Answer 6

This has been a major gripe of mine since I WAS a kid. Not old enough for freedom or choice of any kind, but certainly old enough to pay the piper big time.

Case in point: Consider the female teacher (Deborah LaFave) who was lambasted for having consensual sex with her 14-year-old student (she really took advantage of this poor little boy who also happened to be six feet tall with enough testosterone for a seriously baritone voice).

Well just today, ANOTHER boy was sentenced to 30 to 60 years for a sexual assault and/or rape spree -- all of which took place when he was 14 years old.

Can I REALLY be the only one who finds that just the teensiest bit hypocritical?

Answer 7

***long sigh***

listen....it has long been in the plans of the elitist seeking officers of government to take power from those they see as unfit to be cared for or protected.

so....yes....some governmental forces have abdicated social responsibilities legally (long ago)(really) but APPEAR to be responsible by responding in manners which make them appear responsible.

it is arrogant elitist thought. it is the "i can do no wrong because i have all the power" mind-set. which democracy provides for in a society which do not comprehend personal and social responsibility.

these mind-sets stem from quite ancient and certainly out-dated ideologies which place an authority figure in position to protect (first their self-interest)(secondly the social interests)(though they will speak as if this is quite reversed to preserve the *i really am responsible illusion*.

it is a religious consideration. that actions bring consequences and these consequences are ******punishment******. manipulated to show might and force of the role of authority (superiority) which acts in a religious capacity (though the word religion may never enter the court documents because by now the attitudes and mind-sets of a person or society which knows little of how behaviours and actions may be remediated creates the response of ''deterrence''.

yes....it is most certainly wrong to me. but i am with more full realization than most average citizens. fact is....children are unprotected. period.

there are religious and legal/medical forces which have ideas which are regressive and deteriorative to society as a whole. for they are in the main unfit for their roles given that new information and learnings are available.

but.......as long as elitism exists and others continue to derive their powers from letters of law (however partially construed) from poor interpretations of religious or other antiquated texts...and manipulate these interpretations to uphold their rights to protect their self interests though they speak on behalf of society then children will not be safe.

which is why we need to be very careful....since now that women of poor education and bitter mental/emotional evaluation have been courted by political/corporate/religious orders to **appear** as "responsible".... then she will be promoted with each prevention she is secretly installing.

in short......the powerful of some offices will protect letters of law (and there partial interpretations) rather than the people which are subordinated by these same laws.

which is how elitism is maintained. which is why the roman catholic church has been rich a very long time and now other churches have followed suit and why the roman catholic church (or at least some officers of...) are scared shitless....

the lies are now surfacing.

yes it's wrong and it will be corrected.

thank you for your question.

be well allways

Answer 8

It is probably wrong but it is also wrong that violent and repeat offenders are becoming younger. When it was known that a juvenile could be violently or habitually criminal with minimum penalty, this trend began. Our society demanded that these type of criminals who CHOOSE to commit crime be punished for their CHOICE and not just coddled until they become adults who continue to lead a life of crime.

Answer 9

What is the nature of the crime? They do that usually for violent crimes, not stealing candy bars


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Answer 10

It stinks, but they have that right