re: Being Tried as an Adult D&D

Quoting MommaNoodle:" i get what you're saying. i saw something on like oxygen or lifetime the other day, i think, where a ... [snip!] ... i saw that. it's kind of like how some places you can sell alcohol when you're 18, but you can't actually drink it yet. lol."

you can buy booze at 18 but cannot drink it!? lmao


but yeah... I don't understand why there is legal age of adult but kids are tried as adults...

Quoting Rumpelstiltskin:" We don't have this in Guatemala... you commit a crime you are tried... there is no age condition. ... [snip!] ... condition. I don't see how some kids can murder and be tried as a minor and some kids can murder and be tried as an adult. "

Again, it depends on the extent of the crime and the reason behind it. Not every murderer is the same and they are punished accordingly. We have different degrees of murder, manslaughter and then there is crime of passion. There are factors involved here.

America's judicial system is much more advanced than Guatemala's, I'm sure.

Quoting Rumpelstiltskin:" you can buy booze at 18 but cannot drink it!? lmao but yeah... I don't understand why there is legal age of adult but kids are tried as adults... "

No.

Quoting Rumpelstiltskin:" We don't have this in Guatemala... you commit a crime you are tried... there is no age condition. ... [snip!] ... condition. I don't see how some kids can murder and be tried as a minor and some kids can murder and be tried as an adult. "

Each state has their own set of rules on this, like some states do not allow the death penalty, while some do. It depends on the severity of the crime, how it was committed, if it was pre-meditated and alot of other conditions. And the "child" is mentally evaluated to see if they're mentally fit for trial. It's so complicated...

Quoting Rumpelstiltskin:" you can buy booze at 18 but cannot drink it!? lmao but yeah... I don't understand why there is legal age of adult but kids are tried as adults... "

no no no. you can SELL it, in some states. like, in the state i grew up, you can work in a liquor store when you're 18, but you can't actually drink until you're 21. see what i mean?

Quoting Jas ♥:" Again, it depends on the extent of the crime and the reason behind it. Not every murderer is the same ... [snip!] ... crime of passion. There are factors involved here. America's judicial system is much more advanced than Guatemala's, I'm sure."

Guatemala doesn't really have one... lmao Seriously, you can literally get away with murder here...


I guess I'm the only one that doesn't get the whole "you're not an adult but you're going to be tried as one" thing..  

Quoting Jas ♥:" Because stealing candy from a store is not the same as committing cold blooded murder. The DA and prosecutors. You really have no D&D here, to be honest."

This. Seriously.... you may steal a toy or something stupid at 15 but it's not the same crime as killing. You know killing is wrong... so it's a severe enough crime to warrant being tried as an adult you should be. Killing is wrong, and carries harsher punishments and a kid shouldn't get a slap on the wrist for it just because of his age.

Quoting kelsey054:" Just like you can serve your country at 18, but can't drink until your 21."

That never made any sense to me.

Quoting MommaNoodle:" no no no. you can SELL it, in some states. like, in the state i grew up, you can work in a liquor store when you're 18, but you can't actually drink until you're 21. see what i mean?"

Ah, I read that wrong... I need more caffeine.

And I'm not sure what is so confusing about this debate.

Debate: Should a child EVER be allowed to be tried as an adult when he or she does not enjoy the privileges that COMES WITH being an adult?

Quoting Back to Noob Status:" That never made any sense to me."

Lots of people in this country think the USA is twisted because of that.... a Guatemalan singer (who I CANNOT STAND) hates the states and wrote a song about how backward americans are.... that was one thing he added in his song.

Quoting Rumpelstiltskin:" Guatemala doesn't really have one... lmao Seriously, you can literally get away with murder here... ... [snip!] ... I guess I'm the only one that doesn't get the whole "you're not an adult but you're going to be tried as one" thing..   "

I told you that they didn't correlate lol.

If you're 16 and you go out on a murderering spree, you're most likely going to be tried as an adult so that you can be sent to prison. Not juvi. Juvi has a different focus than prison. They are very different. At 16, you may be underage but you know damn well that murder is wrong.

Quoting Back to Noob Status:" And I'm not sure what is so confusing about this debate. Debate: Should a child EVER be allowed to be tried as an adult when he or she does not enjoy the privileges that COMES WITH being an adult?"

Yes, someone understands me.

Quoting Back to Noob Status:" And I'm not sure what is so confusing about this debate. Debate: Should a child EVER be allowed to be tried as an adult when he or she does not enjoy the privileges that COMES WITH being an adult?"

I'm not confused, thanks. Like I've said before, these two things do not correlate. Its really not that hard to grasp. Really.

Quoting Back to Noob Status:" And I'm not sure what is so confusing about this debate. Debate: Should a child EVER be allowed to be tried as an adult when he or she does not enjoy the privileges that COMES WITH being an adult?"

Still...I do not see the correlation.