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Science Project

Published on Nov 24, 2015

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CLAIM:

TEENS SHOULD NOT BE TRIED AS ADULTS
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E: The brains of adolescents are not fully developed causing them to be unaware of their actions.

R: A lot of teens don't have a fully developed brain which means they should not be allowed to go to court when their brain is not developed like adult's.

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E: Adolescents should be treated differently than adults in the criminal courts if they go to court.

R: Adolescents who committed crime are treated like adults when they shouldn't be.

E: Teenagers who are tried as adults and are sentenced to life in adult institutions are placed in level 4 maximum-security prisons that are extremely violent.

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R: They should not be sentenced to prison, that is dangerous for adolescents and bad things could happen to them.

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E: It is wrong to hold children and adolescents who have not reached legal age to adult standards.

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R: Children and teenagers are not at legal ages and should not be going to court or jail.