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Should Teens Who Committed Violent Crimes Be Tried As Adults?

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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I BELIVE THAT TEENS SHOULD

NOT BE TRIED AS ADULTS.

E: TEEN BRAINS ARE DIFFERENT THAN ADULTS BRAINS.

R:WILL M. GOT IN A CAR CRASH WITH A 21 YR.OLD

(CONTINUED) THEY

WERENT THINKING RIGHT AND THEIR FRONTAL LOBES ARENT CONNECTED

E: "THE STRESS IS INTERFERING WITH THEIR DECISION MAKING

ITS REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE NEURAL MECHANISM THATS

UNDERLYING THIS CONNECTION BETWEEN STRESS AND POOR DECISION MAKING"

R:STRESS IS A BIG PART IN BAD DECISION MAKING.
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E: 24 YEARS AGO THERE WAS A

9 YEAR OLD WHO SHOT A 7YEAR OLD AND WAS TRIED AS AN ADULT.

THE ATTORNEY AGRUED AGSNST HIM BEING TRIED AS AN ADULT.

R:HE WAS 9 HIS SENTENCE WASN'T CORRECT.
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E: IN THE MUSIC VIDEO PARENTS JUST DONT UNDERSTAND

THERES A 16 YEAR OLD DRIVES WITHOUT HIS LICENSE

R:HE GOES TO PRISON

HIS PARENTS BAIL HIM OUT BUT HE'S "SENTENCE" DIDNT FIT THE CRIME.
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SOME CONS OF THIS DEBATE.

1.COLT LUNDY WAS SENTENCED 25 YEARS IN ADULT PRISON FOR KILLING

HIS STEP-FATHER (PICTURE IS OF COLT NOW)

HE SAID HE CHANGED SO MUCH AND I BELIEVE

THAT PRISON DOES STUFF TO PEOPLE AND YOU CAN TELL HE WANTS OUT.

THATS SOME REASON WHY I BELIEVE TEENS

WHO COMMIT A VIOLENT CRIME SHOULD NOT BE TRIED IN ADUALT COURT.
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