The question: “Should young people who commit violent crimes be tried as adults?” has been debated for years. For instance, on an October night of 1998, Shaun Miller, 15 years old, and three of his other friends robbed a store in a small town of Nevada. The oldest one, 19 years old, planned the crime and held the gun to the cashier’s head. Shaun, unarmed, took $726 from the cash register; this was caught on the videotape (Rimer & …showed first 75 words of 1962 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1962 total…youth. As I stated before, the juvenile court system is too lenient; juveniles need to be in a tougher environment like the adult prisons to make them see the reality of life. I can agree that the death penalty is something that is questionable for juveniles, but when a juvenile is charged as an adult, any adult sentencing is appropriate relating to that crime. Just remember—when you do the crime, you do the time!