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There are two different courts systems for the handling of juvenile and adult cases. In some cases, juveniles can be charged and tried as adults. This has been an extremely controversial and continuously changing subject.

In 2 page Essay, please complete the following:

Explain why and when juveniles might be tried as adults.
Provide an example of a juvenile case where an adolescent was tried as an adult and determine if the typical court room rules differ in any way in this case.

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The two different courts systems handling juvenile adjudication are examined. The extremely controversial and continuously changing subjects are examined.

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https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/03-633.ZO.html

there are two different courts systems for the handling of juvenile and adult cases. In some cases, juveniles can be charged and tried as adults. This has been an extremely controversial and continuously changing subject.
In 2 page Essay, please complete the following:
Explain why and when juveniles might be tried as adults.

Juveniles are tried as adults when they have committed particularly heinous and violent crimes that shock the public conscious. The impetus for transferring juveniles to adult court was a result of the sensationalism associated with the alleged violent juvenile who was typically portrayed as an urban youth who was extremely violent. The reasons vary as to why juveniles are transferred to adult court but ...

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