teen meaning 13-15
2007-08-20 07:45:55 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I'm not a teen, I''m 37 but just curious.
I am studying for my next degree.
2007-08-20 07:49:07 · update #1
Yes, if tried as an adult. Peace
2007-08-20 07:51:46 · answer #1 · answered by PARVFAN 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I highly doubt it maybe if they were like 16 and did the crime they would be put in a detention center till they were 18 and spend a life sentence in prison from then on. Also I think only Texas still has a working electric chair the most common thing now is lethal injection.
2007-08-20 07:56:17 · answer #2 · answered by Natemannx13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they can be sentenced to life. Different laws can easily exclude the death sentence when committed by a minor, I do not know all the states laws on this so you would have to see if your state allowed for juvenile execution. They would go to a juvenile until adulthood then transfered to an adult institution for the rest of there sentence to be carried out. Below are some examples.
2007-08-20 08:04:34 · answer #3 · answered by MDJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depending on what state they are in but mostly at 13-15 they would be sent to a juvie detention until 17 or 18 and then it's prison until either their sentence is up or that they have recieved life without parole.
2007-08-20 08:19:04 · answer #4 · answered by qcyboy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the lawyers ask to have that person tried as an adult then it would depend on how gruesome the crime and state, and if psychiatrists, after testing, believe that the teenager cannot be rehabilated then they may ask for life in prison.
2007-08-20 07:57:07 · answer #5 · answered by Pancake 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is your next degree? Becoming a 13-15 year old who will work doing historically terrible crimes?
2007-08-20 07:53:19 · answer #6 · answered by memememe 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe that every case is different but yes a teen may be tried as an adult in cases of terrible crime. There was a boy that wrestled and killed a little girl. See below:
The attorney for a 13-year-old boy found guilty of murdering a 6-year-old playmate by imitating wrestling moves says he will appeal the conviction, and ask the judge to reduce it to manslaughter.
Defense attorney Jim Lewis argued that Lionel Tate was too immature to realize that the wrestling moves he saw on television could cause serious damage to Tiffany Eunick, who died on July 28, 1999, of blunt trauma injuries sustained when she was playing with Tate in his mother's apartment.
An autopsy showed Tiffany suffered a fractured skull, lacerated liver, broken rib, internal hemorrhaging and numerous cuts and bruises. One expert for the prosecution said the injuries were comparable to falling from a three-story building.
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Prosecutors alleged during the trial that Tate, who weighed 170-pounds at the time, beat the 48-pound girl to death and knew he was hurting her with each blow.
The jury agreed, and deliberated for 3 1/2 hours before finding him guilty of adult charges of first-degree murder.
"The injuries were so extensive we all felt that it wasn't an accident," juror William Stevenson said. "We had to abide by the law, and the law spelled it out. It wasn't just wrestling."
Under Florida law, jurors did not have to conclude that Tate meant to kill Eubanks, only that his actions were intentional and abusive.
Lewis' said that the jury should have been allowed to hear more about the effects wrestling could have on children.
"The jurors heard some about wrestling, but I don't think it was enough," Lewis said. "They did not hear from the experts, the psychologists, the media violence experts, that could have persuaded this jury that Lionel had fallen into the trap so many youngsters fall into."
Circuit Judge Joel T. Lazarus barred professional wrestlers from testifying about how they stage bouts to make them look real. He also disallowed testimony from psychologists about how televised wrestling makes young fans more violent.
Lewis had tried to subpoena a number of professional wrestlers including Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson.
First-degree murder carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole, but Florida Gov. Jeb Bush could commute the sentence after consulting with prosecutors.
Tate's mother, Florida Highway Patrol trooper Kathleen Grossett-Tate said she would tell the governor: "I want my son out. I want my son out. He should not be there." She was asleep in the apartment when Eunick died.
Prosecutors said Tate's family repeatedly rejected a plea offer last year that would have sent the boy to juvenile detention for three years, followed by a year of house arrest and 10 years probation.
2007-08-20 07:53:00 · answer #7 · answered by donanana 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
surely not. We as a society comprehend that minors are actually not adults, we comprehend that their decision making skills are actually not yet completely progressed. it is why minors are actually not given the entire rights and household initiatives bestowed upon an grownup. They lack the means to absolutely comprehend the gravity of their subject. i think of existence in reformatory could desire to be a sentence meted out sparingly. we've become a rustic that favors incarceration over rehabilitation. the respond isn't consistently merely to fasten them up, we are all human beings after all, yet some human beings tend to view convicts as something different than human, and in doing so all of us lose our own humanity. Our prisons have grew to become into college for criminals, permitting them to learn from different criminals and suitable their fee of crimes while released. Why won't be in a position to we cope with them as human beings? As a rustic, we are in a position to make he attempt of returning a lot of those human beings to society as properly adjusted those with marketable skills, and without the stigma linked with maximum felons. There do exist human beings previous rehabilitation, and those few could desire to on no account be allowed to reintegrate into society, yet something can if given the compassion and probability.
2016-10-16 06:07:26 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the Supreme Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional for people who committed crimes as minors. They can get life in prison for first degree murder, which is they planned out the crime before committing it.
2007-08-20 07:51:46 · answer #9 · answered by Chris 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Probably in Texas or Florida -- and even then, it would have to be pretty bad, and the kid would have to be blatantly (like, caught on tape) guilty.
They gave a huge sentence to that 12-year-old in Florida who used the wrestling move on the little girl and killed her, so I think it could totally happen if the crime were bad enough.
2007-08-20 07:50:27 · answer #10 · answered by Hillary 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My goodness! You Americans are quite primitive. Talking about murdering children in an electric chair in the name of justice.
2007-08-20 08:06:40 · answer #11 · answered by hammer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋