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Quote: How did 31 adults in the Indiana Senate arrive at the decision that it’s OK to treat a 12-year-old like an adult?
They logically arrived at that conclusion by noting that the 12-year-old committed an adult-level crime. That is not to say the juvenile should be incarcerated in adult facilities, but the punishment should be the same regardless of age. A person killed by a 12-year-old is just as dead as one killed by a 30-year-old.
Bob, the court system and the justice department do not differentiate crimes based on the victim’s experience. The justice system differentiates murder by first, second, and third degrees, each denoting a different degree of motivation, forethought, and planning. Its safe to say that even the smartest 12 year old can’t share the same presence of mind as most 30 year old people. We’re still learning more about the brain and thought, but we know the brain doesn’t fully develop until age 25. Its unethical, its immoral, and our society will suffer if we continue to try a children as an adults. Our justice system is punitive, its not rehabilitative and our society at large does not punish 12 year olds the same way it charges 18 year olds. Would you give a 12 year old drinking ticket if you found him drunk? No. Would you give an 18 year old a drinking ticket if you found them drunk? Yes.