If a teenager kills a person should he/she be punished in the same way as an adult is ?

Question

Thanks for your answers .

Answer 1

yes, because it is an adult crime. and usually in adolescence your smart enough to know that killing a person is wrong. you will be tried as an adult.

Answer 2

YES..Because teenagers are knowledgeble and clever enough to have the sense of whats wrong and whats right...and after all killing is killing it finishes  a human life.....so its definately wrong and everyone must have equal,same and tough punishment...

but killing in self defence is not wrong...if someone is killed by chance during self defence then the punishment should be reduced

Answer 3

Yes. All criminal should be punished the same way.

Then it is consider as fair justise.

Answer 4

No. infact they are dealt with as a juvenile. in some cases i.e teens above 18, they are dealt with as same as adults.

Answer 5

A child, a teenager, an adult...what does this classification mean and why is it in place?

Teenagers committing such a crime are obviously not being handled / taught right by the parents.

These teenagers need to be counseled separately and observed for any society defined deviant behaviors.

If these behaviors continue after adult stage, well then the law takes its own course.

Answer 6

I suspect the Judge gives consideration and takes into account the mitigating circumstances of each case. We live in an inflamed and dangerously volatile society that has bred a society of antisocial delinquents.

Society must shoulder the blame with government, and parent yet we know the buck passing ritual ensures all the powerful don’t have to assume responsibility for their maladministration.

If the populace rises, just set them on God and have done with it, Godidit

Answer 7

I would have to say yes because teenagers are at an age where they completely know what is right and what is wrong. They clearly know that murder is wrong, therefore the punishment should be equal.

Answer 8

Yes. An animal that kills an animal or a human must be killed. Biblical law. An eye for an eye...

Answer 9

Not necessarily. A teenager's brain and hormonal make-up is different than an adult's biology. Hormones are more volatile and erratic. And the brain has not finished growing and organizing. 'Crimes of passion' should be looked on with more leniency than an adult would receive. However, I think pre-meditated crimes should be tried as adult crimes as most teenagers are capable of understanding society's stance on murder when a longer interval is imposed between impulse and crime.

Answer 10

ha i argued this in u.s. history-roper v. simmons. yes. any sane teenager knows that killing someone is wrong.  

Answer 11

I would cut a teenager some slack in a crime of passion.  I.e. Overreacting to jealosy or being picked on.

But they would get NO consideration for acts of brutality, i.e. death during a robery or gang violence.

Answer 12

Yes, I am a firm believer in draconian law. If a child kills someone, with intent, they should be punished to the fullest extent of the law.

Answer 13

Individuals must accept the consequences of their acts, regardless of their age however, how such consequences are carried out may well depend upon a persons age both from the position of having acted in such a manner as to have been non-beneficial to ones self and others and the one who has been harmed and/or said persons surviving relations.

Perhaps the main object should be how to assist that person who acted inappropriately in understanding the true reality of said actions so that they might learn to not repeat the same, as well assisting the survivors in dealing with and understanding what they may consider their loss.

All of this must be carried out in mindful awareness, demonstrated by generosity, loving kindness, compassion and caring.

Revenge/vengeance, even the legally sanctioned forms of the same, must not be the motive behind the administration of the consequences as such simply does not work as has been proven time and time again throughout the history of modern man.

Be well and, please, be wise.

Answer 14

I don't think anyone should be punished for any crime by law.  Because in reality we can do anything physically possible.  Law is just a way of controlling reality.  People should be able to do anything on the grounds that, they can.

Many of you may say that this is stupid, well it probably is.  And many people may say, what if he/she killed you or your family.  Well if someone killed me, I wouldn't care because I would be dead.  And if he/she killed  my family, I would hunt them down kill them because I can.

Life is all about what you can and can't do.  And true freedom is doing anything because you can.