08-27-2011, 07:29 AM
(08-24-2011, 05:24 PM)username Wrote: I don't really get how the system can justify charging a 12 year old as an adult. As evil as that kid might be, there is no flipping way a 12 year old is an adult.
I can see it when they're close (16 or so--maybe a bit younger if they have a lengthy history) but 12? Stupid.
What about the fact that one's brain isn't fully developed until age 25? 18 is just the age that society has deemed one an adult because this is usually the age at which time one graduates high school. Just interesting to me because I don't think many 18 yr olds are making sound decisions and I still consider an 18 yr old a child.
It's the hint of arsenic that gives it that extra kick.