I agree as well and I think the "12 year old" cut-off seems appropriate. As
said before, adult crime should equal adult time. Truly a sad state of affairs
and there does seem to be an increase in juvenile crime although I don't have
any good statistics... Just what I've heard/seen on the news. Yet another
example of the break-down of families and family values in America?
Tom Fawcett
35
Boston, MA
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Subject: Re: DML: RE: off topic - school paper - can you answer this
Author: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: 2/28/00 6:25 AM
That would be a "yes" from me also.... check out
www.freep.com , it is the website for the Detroit
Freepress. Search around for he Nathinal Abraham case
that happened here in MI. It should give you ton's of
articles.
Mike Sype
--- "Bernd D. Ratsch" <bernd@texas.net> wrote:
>
> YES!!
>
> If you do an adult crime, you should do the adult
> time. There should be
> limits to the starting age, but if the court system
> recognizes a 12 year old
> as having the ability to decide which parent they
> would like to live with,
> then that should be the age to prosecute minors as
> adults.
>
> Bernd D. Ratsch
> Age: 32
> State: Texas (Used to be CA)
> (Father of three children: 8, 7, and 10 mos.)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of
> ThunderDakota@aol.com
> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 12:41 AM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: off topic - school paper - can you
> answer this for me
> PLEASE
>
>
> hi..
>
> college paper, wanted to take a survey.
>
> Should minors (under 18 years old) be tried as
> adults in court ?
>
> please email your name, age, state, and any comments
> about the subject of
> minors being tried as adults..
>
> thanks for the help
>
>
>
>
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