I get your argument, but at the end of the day they’re a child. I’d argue you can’t have the mind of an adult until you’re an adult despite how much it seems to emulate as such.
I don’t think there’s a magic moment when a person becomes ‘adult.’ A person of 17 years and 11 months old and another person 18 years and three days old aren’t fundamentally different.
This whole trail as an adult is just to give out harsher penalties. Honestly it should be renamed to something else as to avoid these discussions. Something like dangerous child proceedings or some such with appropriate handling
Here’s a dirty little secret. There are many counties in the US where the Number One employer is the prison system. Those folks have a vested interest in keeping the prisons full.
I get your argument, but at the end of the day they’re a child. I’d argue you can’t have the mind of an adult until you’re an adult despite how much it seems to emulate as such.
I don’t think there’s a magic moment when a person becomes ‘adult.’ A person of 17 years and 11 months old and another person 18 years and three days old aren’t fundamentally different.
This whole trail as an adult is just to give out harsher penalties. Honestly it should be renamed to something else as to avoid these discussions. Something like dangerous child proceedings or some such with appropriate handling
Here’s a dirty little secret. There are many counties in the US where the Number One employer is the prison system. Those folks have a vested interest in keeping the prisons full.