>Note that these laws were passed as a response to juvenile defendants being treated as adults, on the premise that juvenile defendants are less in control of t

>Note that these laws were passed as a response to juvenile defendants being treated as adults, on the premise that juvenile defendants are less in control of their actions and therefore should face less punishment than adults. We know for a fact that young men's brains aren't developed as fast as young women's brains. Either the passed law wasn't passed because "juvenile are less in control of their actions" or it is a clear case of not looking at the science they cite since 50 % of juveniles are less in control than the other 50%. I'm personally sure this is all about society being angry about juveniles being punished too harshly and the justice system seeing this as a way out instead of actually ruling as they should: on an individual basic. As it is now they cite a scientific basic and don't actually follow it at all. Also IMO it does also show that the justice system is out of touch. If you asked civilians I'm convinced that close to 100% would say rape should be punished harsher than the hacking and the hackers punishment is the one that is too hard.