I’m not like, blaming you. I’m explaining why it doesn’t make sense to me.
I don’t think it tracks to allow it on a case by case basis. We have one set of punishment for minor offenders and another for adults. It doesn’t make sense to be allowed to arbitrarily decide after the fact to charge someone with the more serious set of punishments.
And all of this ignores the fact that juries disproportionately charge black kids as adults, which proves how arbitrary it is in practice.
There’s a difference between the 16 year old who sees that his neighbor left the keys in her car and impulsively takes a spin, and the 35 year old professional thief who stole three cars that week.
I’m not like, blaming you. I’m explaining why it doesn’t make sense to me.
I don’t think it tracks to allow it on a case by case basis. We have one set of punishment for minor offenders and another for adults. It doesn’t make sense to be allowed to arbitrarily decide after the fact to charge someone with the more serious set of punishments.
And all of this ignores the fact that juries disproportionately charge black kids as adults, which proves how arbitrary it is in practice.
That’s why there are jury trials.
There’s a difference between the 16 year old who sees that his neighbor left the keys in her car and impulsively takes a spin, and the 35 year old professional thief who stole three cars that week.
Right, one is under 18 and the other is over 18.
So, someone who is 17 years and 364 days old is a child, and someone who is 18 years and one day old is a mature adult?
That is the fair way to do it, same as voting.
Like I said previously, that’s why we have trials and discretionary sentencing.