Should juvenile offenders be prosecuted as adults? This is a very serious matter affecting many minors' lives. There are many people voicing their opinions on this situation. These opinions have helped me build what I think. I believe that juvenile offenders shouldn't be charged as adults unless they have committed first degree murder or rape, what I think of as the worst crimes.
Juvenile offenders should be given a second chance. They are under aged, and if they are under eighteen, they are not adults and shouldn't be accounted for as one. Adolescents have a greater chance of rehabilitation, or getting mentally better than adults have. The article states that ninety percent of teen offenders do not become adult criminals, and this is a large cut. That is only a tenth away from being one hundred percent. The article also says that scientists have proved that the part of the brain that provides impulse control isn't yet fully developed in teenagers. Looking at what a young teenager did doesn't secure what he will do in the future.
For serious crimes like first degree murder and rape, it is largely unfair to the victims for that person to not be punished. If your sibling, child, or relative was killed by a person meaning to do so, it would hurt all the more, wondering why in the world someone would hate them like that. You would want to seek revenge, and I believe that you could do something horrible in the process. When a person is raped, it puts a large mental scar in you. It could be very hard to feel comfortable again with anybody.
People should be punished fairly to what they have done.
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