@gAlienLifeform to politics • 3 months agoEditorial Board: The teen arrested in Georgia school shooting is not an adult, and shouldn't be treated like onewww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square35arrow-up1100arrow-down114file-text
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minus-square@Rapidcreeklink-4•3 months agoI’ve always been under the impression that the juvenile justice system is not equipped to adjudicate murder charges.
minus-square@Rapidcreeklink0•3 months agoEven in regular court not every judge can preside over a murder case. Tales experience in the area of law.
minus-squarethemeatbridgelink5•3 months agoSadly, there wre plenty of juveniles who are tried for murder to create experienced judges and courts at every level.
minus-square@FlowVoidlinkEnglish2•3 months agoAccording to DoJ, juveniles account for about 10% of all homicide arrests.
minus-squarethemeatbridgelink1•3 months agoPlenty means enough to serve a specific purpose, in this case enough to provide judges experience in juvenile murder trials.
minus-square@Rapidcreeklink-2•3 months agoWell if you have no empirical evidence we’ll have to agree to disagree
I’ve always been under the impression that the juvenile justice system is not equipped to adjudicate murder charges.
Why not?
Even in regular court not every judge can preside over a murder case. Tales experience in the area of law.
Sadly, there wre plenty of juveniles who are tried for murder to create experienced judges and courts at every level.
Please define “plenty”
According to DoJ, juveniles account for about 10% of all homicide arrests.
That’s the charge not where it’s charged
Plenty means enough to serve a specific purpose, in this case enough to provide judges experience in juvenile murder trials.
Well if you have no empirical evidence we’ll have to agree to disagree