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She will be tried as an adult? That's ridiculous, even if she was being intentionally malicious (Which I don't really believe). How do they determine whether to

• EllaMentry 14y ago
  If the statistics are to be believed race and gender and age, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_as_an_adult#Demographics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_as_an_adult#Demographics
  • nraynaud 14y ago
    on a totally off-topic note the next paragraph is quite funny: "Advocates for the abolition of juvenile court Critics of the juvenile court argue that the definitions of childhood and adolescence that were used to establish the first juvenile courts in America are no longer equivalent to the definitions of childhood and adolescence today. These critics state that the boundary between juvenile and adult is no longer as clear, as children appear to grow up faster, with more exposure to adult ideas, and as adults more often engage in juvenile behaviors and activities." That's quite a charge against 21yo drinking limit, but I don't imagine the same person using the same arguments in both contexts...
    • adrr 14y ago
      Drinking age, handgun ownership age, age of consent,cigarette smoking age have all moved up to either 18 or 21.
      • __del__ 13y ago
        As has the age for working in the mines.
• cbsmith 14y ago
  Yeah, the question I keep asking myself is, "what possible scenario could _possibly_ be a better case for charging this kid as a child?"
• chiph 13y ago
  Someone says "I think we need to try her as an adult, given the seriousness of the incident." (no. really. That's all it takes.)
• deleted 13y ago
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