[Yargk]

It's a very odd situation we have. We tell juveniles that they are not mature enough to deal with alcohol or firearms at the age of 17, yet often we will try them as adults. Are we saying to them that you can't use these things because you probably aren't that mature, but when punishing them we say you should have been just as mature in your decisions as an adult. This makes no sense.

I think by trying a juvenile as an adult we are making the statement that the juvenile was old enough to make decisions as well as an adult however it's hard to draw the line because many adults aren't very mature so you really shouldn't let off an immature peer of this mature juvenile if they are of the same age. This would lead me to believe that a set age should be put in place, maybe 15 or 16, and NO ONE under that age should be able to be charged as an adult.