That's easier to say when it's not our own kid on the other side of the bullet.

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Oct 22, 2021
7:36:29am

shoganai Intervention Needed

Much tougher call to make when you're forced into the victim's perspective.

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Originally posted on Oct 22, 2021 at 7:36:29am

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shoganai

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One of my former students was arrested and charged as adult today.

Jeffacka

10/21/21 6:45pm

15? Sheesh

Odysseus

10/21/21 6:49pm

I've never agreed with charging juveniles as adults. And probably never will.

byubyu

10/21/21 6:50pm

Tough to justify when their brains are still developing but it’s a tough issue.

Cabadapeste

10/21/21 6:54pm

At 15 you definitely know right from wrong.

idcougarfan

10/21/21 6:55pm

That’s not the issue

Odysseus

10/21/21 7:01pm

I 100% agree. The courts want it both ways. Whichever way serves them that day.

MrClark

10/21/21 7:04pm

That's easier to say when it's not our own kid on the other side of the bullet.

shoganai

10/22/21 7:36am

15 should not be tried as an adult

Deleted

10/21/21 6:51pm

Okay, then try him as a juvenile, but the punishment has to be more than

Cougar Junkie

10/21/21 6:54pm

I agree. There is a gap there that the legislatures need to fix. They've been

byubyu

10/21/21 6:56pm

I don't get it either. Or if they are, why only sometimes and not always?

Belboz

10/21/21 6:55pm

What's the point of the difference if you can try anyone as an adult. 14? 13? 12?

Deleted

10/21/21 6:55pm

I almost caused a really bad wreck when I was 16.

MrClark

10/21/21 7:10pm

That's an argument for raising the legal driving age to 18.

Cougar Junkie

10/21/21 7:14pm

Maybe. My post was giving my opinion that kids don't think like adults.

MrClark

10/21/21 8:20pm

New laws sont lwr friend ride wirh 16 year olda for 6 months now

CarolinaCoug

10/21/21 9:18pm

Dod you kmow immediatwly what you did qas weong?? Or did you

CarolinaCoug

10/21/21 9:17pm

Right after I did it, I knew. I think we avoided the head on because of the

MrClark

10/21/21 9:37pm

Adults should be tried as adults. And juveniles should be tried as juveniles

Rat

10/21/21 7:18pm

Is there more info yet,,? ,shooting someone over a vape pen, especially

CarolinaCoug

10/21/21 7:00pm

Nothing new.

Jeffacka

10/21/21 7:04pm

15 yr olds should NEVER be tried as adults. it's a stain on our society that we put up with that nonsense.

HarlemCoug

10/21/21 8:14pm

Please contact the DA and ask that he reconsider if you feel injustice here

SwanSong

10/21/21 10:46pm

I think most adults revisit their youthful behavioral habits and actions at some point. Especially those actions

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