2006-10-19 23:43:49 · 25 answers · asked by SWM 38 _4_ YOUNG GF 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
i think they should you commit the crime you do the time
2006-10-19 23:45:01 · answer #1 · answered by southernman_25_1979 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the age and the crime. I am around children a lot, mostly inner city kids, and I also pastor in Texas prisons. Prison is no place for a child or teenager---it is a violent and dangerous place. Most children that commit crimes have never been taught the difference between right and wrong---their home lives are a wreck due to no fault of their own. Most of these children, when they are removed from the violence, drugs and alcohol that have given them a distorted view of what life is suppose to be about, will change for the good. What they need is love, understanding and education, and most of all they need Jesus Christ. In our children's ministry of inner city kids I get reports all the time of children that have made a real turnaround because they have heard the word of the Lord and decided that they were not going to put up with foul behavior any more. Parents have also been affected in a positive way. Please do not sell children short---they are smarter and more receptive than we sometimes want to think that they are. Jesus is a much better alternative to prison. I agree that in some cases incarceration is the only solution, and certainly murder and rape and armed robbery need to be taken very seriously and treated like the crimes that they are. It all has to be taken on a case by case situation. Only an experienced judge in such affairs can make a rational decision.
2006-10-19 23:51:37 · answer #2 · answered by Preacher 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the person...at the time I should have been tried as an Adult but was not. I feel that the fact that I was not tried as an adult helped be to become a useful part of society as opposed to the loser that I could have become.
There are people out there that NEED to be treid as adults and I fully support that fact although I personnally slipped through the cracks. I am an exception not an example.
2006-10-19 23:48:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's my problem with this question. If you have a 16 year old female that goes out, buys a stolen handgun, holds up a liquor store and shoots the clerk in the process, she is said to be knowledgeable enough in regard to her actions to be tried as an adult. Same female goes out to a club, goes home with a guy who is 24 and has sex with him, she is a victim because she is too young to know any better and was taken advantage of. One way or the other, you can't have both. My opinion, try them as a minor, and at age 18 review the case and see if any progress has been made at turning them into a functioning member of society. Let them out on parole, with a continued sentence hanging over their head, and let them PROVE that they are worthy to rejoin the rest of us. If they do ok, great. If they screw up, then send them to big person jail.
2006-10-20 17:11:58 · answer #4 · answered by sixfour76 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Sooner or later a line must be drawn as to the age at which people can be held fully criminally responsible.
Is a 6 month old child legally resposible for theft if they pick up a shiney diamond ring?
Should a 3 year old be charged with manslauter if they pick up loaded gun and kill someone while copying a cartoon?
2006-10-20 00:25:44 · answer #5 · answered by Vanguard 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In most cases, I don't believe the young people appreciate the long term consequences of their actions. They are thinking in the moment for instant gratification. They should not be allowed to harm society any more than they have until they gain a much greater sense of responsibility and maturity. Who determines that is a whole different issue to resolve.
2006-10-20 05:08:19 · answer #6 · answered by rac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hell to the yes. some of the children that run the streets today know exactly what they are doing, so they should be treated like the adults they want to be and punished to the fulliest extent of the law. now if it was truly an accident like the 13 year old in florida a few years back, when he was practicing wrestling moves on his little brother and killed him, they sent him to prison they should have let him go it was a honest mistake, but i am willing to bet if the kid would of done it on purpose they would of tried to rehabilitate him and slap him with probation.
2006-10-19 23:46:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that it should be a option that can be used depending on the situation. Kids are savvy enough to have the youngest do the deed because of how the Law is written.
2006-10-20 01:14:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How young? Age is just a number. I think it should be based on a psychological evaluation of the offender to determine if they were able to understand the possible effects of their actions.
2006-10-19 23:45:50 · answer #9 · answered by Greg T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES! for the most part depends on the age. You need to classify what is young people
2006-10-20 01:39:43 · answer #10 · answered by dumpllin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion yes they should, considering they are over the age of 13, then yes. But in that case I think they should be tested by professionals to see if they are mentally capable.
2006-10-20 03:12:20 · answer #11 · answered by gary m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋