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Post by embah on Oct 29, 2004 4:52:08 GMT -5
What's the legal age in your country to be prosecuted? I'm not sure but I think it's like 16 here. But I know that in some areas is only 14, if you're charged with brutal crimes, eg. rape, murder. Don't you think that that's a little young? Science has shown that the brain doesn't fully develope until you're 21, so at a young age, such as 14, isn't it possible that the perp didn't fully understand the consequences of their actions? True, even if they did, they're young, so they can reform. Some teens are put in jail for life! I mean, they're teenagers. They have their whole life to live, and if they were put in a rehabilitation center instead, they could reform and live a full, crime-free life. Also, if the teen has a possible mental illness like if he/she's a dissociative, they still get charged, because teens are known to be spontaneous and unpredictable anyway, so, a mentally ill kid could be thrown in jail for life! it's unfair! What do you think?
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Post by Dante on Oct 29, 2004 4:57:47 GMT -5
What's the legal age in your country to be prosecuted? I'm not sure but I think it's like 16 here. But I know that in some areas is only 14, if you're charged with brutal crimes, eg. rape, murder. Don't you think that that's a little young? Science has shown that the brain doesn't fully develope until you're 21, so at a young age, such as 14, isn't it possible that the perp didn't fully understand the consequences of their actions? True, even if they did, they're young, so they can reform. Some teens are put in jail for life! I mean, they're teenagers. They have their whole life to live, and if they were put in a rehabilitation center instead, they could reform and live a full, crime-free life. Pffft. They understand a lot more than scientists think. Send 'em to jail to rot. Also, if the teen has a possible mental illness like if he/she's a dissociative, they still get charged, because teens are known to be spontaneous and unpredictable anyway, so, a mentally ill kid could be thrown in jail for life! it's unfair! I would have thought that in that case, they'd be sent to an asylum for the criminally insane instead. Oh, and before I forget: The age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales is 10, but between 10 and 17 you're sent to a youth court, and it's only if you're 18 or older that you get tried as an adult.
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Post by embah on Oct 29, 2004 5:04:08 GMT -5
I agree with you that some kids are little rats and desreve what they get, but they can reform, or at least attempt to. the legal age, or when you become 'an adult' is 18, so why not be charged as an adult at that age?
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Post by Dante on Oct 29, 2004 5:18:31 GMT -5
the legal age, or when you become 'an adult' is 18, so why not be charged as an adult at that age? They are. Unless that was a general open question to everyone. I'm actually not that sure of my rights as a young person, with regards to at what age I can, for example, own a motorboat, and various other age-related rights and responsibilites. There's only one website I could find which explained young people's rights, and the page named ,"What Age?" was "Under Construction". Real helpful.
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Post by odh on Oct 29, 2004 6:49:05 GMT -5
But I know that in some areas is only 14, if you're charged with brutal crimes, eg. rape, murder. Don't you think that that's a little young? A little young? They know what they're doing, so they should face the judge. It's 10 here, anyroad...
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Post by embah on Oct 31, 2004 0:38:53 GMT -5
I see your points. and i understand them, and i too believe that alot of these 'disturbed' kids (really disturbed!) should rot in jail too, but there are alot who, true do commit the crimes, but don't realise the consequences, or they are in some way provoked or forced, emmotionally to do it. so, if i said that i believed that SOME should go to jail for life, and others shouldn't, that would be unfair and even prefudice of me, so i believe that they should all be given a fair chance. they're young afterall, and have their whole life to live, and therefore more time and more likeliness of them rehabilitating.
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Post by Phoenix 4242424242424242424242 on Nov 2, 2004 0:51:45 GMT -5
I see your points. and i understand them, and i too believe that alot of these 'disturbed' kids (really disturbed!) should rot in jail too, but there are alot who, true do commit the crimes, but don't realise the consequences, or they are in some way provoked or forced, emmotionally to do it. so, if i said that i believed that SOME should go to jail for life, and others shouldn't, that would be unfair and even prefudice of me, so i believe that they should all be given a fair chance. they're young afterall, and have their whole life to live, and therefore more time and more likeliness of them rehabilitating. I say growl the parents, not the children, (unless they have an Attention Disorder), but if they're just rebels, go harsh on they're parents.
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Post by no-one on Nov 2, 2004 3:59:32 GMT -5
but there are alot who, true do commit the crimes, but don't realise the consequences, or they are in some way provoked or forced, emmotionally to do it. so, there are some adults like that also
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Post by embah on Nov 2, 2004 4:09:48 GMT -5
true. but children are more likely to reform, to change, as their minds are still learning and growing.
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