Children Tried as Adults in court???
It really depends on the child in question and the crime commited. Should a 6 year old be charged with vehicular manslaughter if hes playing in his parents car and slips the car into neutral and it rolls over some one and kills them? no, it was an accident, at that age the child might not have known better. 11 years later if that same kid takes his learners permit or even licence and goes speeding down the road and kills some one? Sure he knew better. Minors are any one under the age of 18. a 17 year old who stabs someone to death knows better and should be tried like an adult. I think what it really comes down to is could the "child" have known better? Was it simply an accident of youth? Can they learn that their behaviour is wrong with the statuets in place for minors?
How should I respond to my 18 year old son who is a senior in high school smoking pot?
Based on your comments you won't like my response. I have a son in college who smokes pot recreationally. I have tried to educate him on drugs as honestly as i could. He is a well adjusted person who has had the same part-time job for almost 2 years, with many commendations, enjoys his college work, never in any trouble other than a ticket once, or touches alcohol (I've even offered him some on occasion with dinner and he flatly won't touch it). I myself have seen the tragedies of alcohol and drug abuse in close proximity so I always worry. But in my opinion the physiological effects of alcohol and cigarettes are far more dangerous than pot, not to mention its social ills in drunk driving, abuse /deviance against self or others, and cancers. And I'm not speaking from an immune point of view.I believe addiction, not the drug, is the danger . Of course many drugs are addictive but so are alcohol, food, gambling and sex.From my own experience, parents will not control a child's behavior with threats if kids are driven to something that fulfills an unmet need, and at that age, he is an adult. Ask yourself if he's using pot or alcohol as a coping mechanism for depression or anxiety on a daily or frequent basis, or if he is using it as a social lubricant, or just experimenting responsibly. I believe frequent use of drugs such as cocaine, heroin or prescriptions, tells me a person needs a reward mechanism that trumps the punishing reality or pressure he may be in, where physical addiction also takes over.I don't believe pot is a “"gateway” drug anymore than cough syrup is. It really depends on the individual and the effects he's looking for. Also ask yourself why you object: Legal repercussions, disapproval from your own social and religious peers, fear of physiological harm, history of addictive disposition in the family, his peers engaging in delinquent behavior, or that he seems vulnerable and troubled in general.? Trust your instincts and be honest about what you know and believe about your son’s reason for using pot.
Would a 18 year old hs senior, get arrested for fighting a 16 year old 10th grader?
If you punch him, you can kiss your high school diploma goodbye. Once you turn 18, by law you are officially an adult. The school will not "suspend" you, they will call the police, you will be arrest for assaulting a minor, and the 10 grader's parents will most likely press charges. All of this right before you graduate? Your school will probably expell you after you are arrested, so while your friends walk across the stage, you will be walking in a prison shower. You will be wasting 14-15 years of hard work just for punching someone. It is not worth it at all. Please don't do it.
If a 17-year-old boy rapes a 23-year-old, would he be arrested even though he's a minor? What could happen to him?
A 17 year old may or may not be tried and convicted as an adult. But either way a 17 year old will be tried and convicted for sexual assault. as someone has said, being a juvenile does not excuse the behavior. The arraignment or grand jury will determine how the juvenile is treated. In cases where the juvenile is nearly 18 or when the crime is especially heinous, the “child” will be tried as an adult and processed in adult facilities. If tried as a juvenile, the child will be tried in juvenile court and be remanded to juvenile detention until the court determines. They will also likely be on the hook for parole release and be required to check in with a parole officer for a time once released. whether or not the child is labeled as a sex offender will be determined by the court and the laws within your state. If tried as an adult, this will most certainly occur.
Can you get arrested for sneaking out of your house at night My parents would call the cops could i go 2 jail?
Unless you are doing something illegal when you sneak out, they'll just take you home. However; if you were to brake a window or a screen or something at your home, you could go to jail if you parents pressed charges. However; you really shouldn't sneak out if your parents tell you to stay home. You'll understand why when you are a little older. All kinds of bad things happen at night even if you are with your friends, its best if your parents know where you are.
If I sent nudes, but was pressured into it, can I have the person I sent them to arrested?
I don't wanna bore you with the details, so I'll make a sort of "study guide". •Me and the guy met through a mutual friend. •He's around seventeen, meaning he's a legal adult where I live, and I'm barely a teenager. •He pressured me into sending nudes one day by calling and texting nonstop and threatening to come kidnap me. I obliged because I got fed up. •Eventually he starts threatening with the release of the photos I'd sent prior unless I send him more. •Now, he makes me act as if I'm in love with him, or else the nudes could be released or he could come to my house and kidnap me, because he knows my address since he use to send me letters frequently. •I sadly have no evidence because all of our conversations consist of him harassing me and me pretending to love it so that I don't have my life ruined. •I can't tell my parents, because I will be in lots of trouble with them, just about as much as he will with the cops. •The least they'd do is take my electronics away, which last time, lead to me almost being admitted into a mental hospital because I hadn't been able to listen to music to calm me down from any of my panic attacks, mood swings, or jolts of depression. Can I have him arrested? If so, is there a way that I can do so where its confidential and my parents won't find out that any of it happened?