Should kids be tried as adults in a murder case?
As a society, we have collectively decided that there are differences between adult and child that are strictly regulated by age despite the fact that we know that people do not mature at a uniform rate. We have also decided that it was more logical to keep these lines firm unless legally changed as a whole. The idea that the one place we would make an exception to this principal is for the case of vengeance against a child is absurd to me. Most would find it absurd to do the same for issues that may be easier to objectively prove a child was on an adult level in. Example: We would never declare a child could “drink as an adult” or “drive as an adult” and issues special licenses stating a child is an exception to these things even if there may be some basis of truth to it. I knew a girl who was an excellent driver at 13, yet i would not recommended changing the legal age or making an exception for her despite that. When a child kills, it is a sad reflection on our society and a chillin
