Should teenagers be tried as adults in murder cases?

Why are 16 and 17 year olds getting out of prison when they turn 18 after brutally murdering people?
Answer:
ANYONE at ANY AGE who brutally murders another person should be tried as an adult.
You might say that they don't know right from wrong and I say that does NOT matter. If they are capable of brutally murdering at any age, they should NOT be permitted to exist in our society.
I might agree that they should not be subjected to the death penalty, but they should NEVER be allowed back into society. Period.

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Sure,
I had enough sense not to murder anyone when i was a teen.

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id say 16- adult

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yes, they should...killing someone is killing someone, unless it's justified it shouldn't matter how old you are.

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you wanna be treated like an adult when you first get pubes so yeH

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there are different circumstances in each individual case

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I do not think that 16-17 year olds should be tried as adults.
Don't get me wrong I am in no way condoning what they did!
They should be punished without a doubt.I think that they should have to go to an extensive treatment center and a special facility just for teens that commit these types of atrocities with a maximum sentence of 10-15years at the facility I think with the right treatment some of these teens can become responsible(reformed) adults and be able to be returned to the general public.The teen mind is not the same as a mature adults.
If there were more legal intervention with these types of children then perhaps it would not get to this point .I do not know how I would feel if the crime was committed on someone I know,however I do believe that sending teens to prison is not going to help us get the answers to solve this problem that seems to be escalating.
I think alot of this crime that we are seeing is a result of the growing economical problems.
And the fact that we as a society are not satisfied.
Well these are just my opinions.
I am sure that a more educated person than myself would be able to elaborate more on this subject as to the reasoning for letting the teens out of prison, I do however think that some of them they will not be able to reform and they should definatley not let them out ever.

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Teenagers should be tried as adults when dealing with a murder charge. I cannot find one teenager that says they want to be treated as a child. So, if they want to be treated like an adult, then committing an adult crime should result in them being tried as one.

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Never.

You are either a child or you're an adult.

We should change the laws for children, or create new laws for teens 13-17.

The answer should NEVER be to try a child as an adult.

That's intellectually dishonest.