Once again you completely miss the point. Temp argued that we infantalize young adults in their 30s and tread them as children when it comes to being accountable and facing justice for their actions. Citing the Bankman’s girlfriend as an example. I am saying that is only true if you are affluent and white. We do the opposite if you are poor and black. Current statistics are that 67,000 children are tried and imprisoned as adults every year which is actually down from closer to 250,000 back in the 1990s and early 2000s. A disproportionate number of whom are poor and black. Feel free to look up the statistics yourself if you don’t believe me. They are easy to find.Josh wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 12:58 pm I don’t see the problem here. If someone murders someone, they need to go to trial.
Are you claiming these defendants did not actually commit murder and are unjustly convicted?
Are you claiming white 12 year olds who commit murder are getting away with it and aren’t getting convicted?
Do YOU think a 12 year old belongs in an adult prison? If you believe that 12 year olds are mature enough to be held responsible for their own actions as adults then I assume you also believe that 12 year olds should:
Be able to drive
Be able to get married
Be able to buy alcohol, cigarettes, and pot
Be able to join the military against their parent’s wishes
Be able to drop out of school and work in dangerous factories
Be able to overrule their parent’s decisions when it comes to education, public school attendance, etc.
Be able to access any medical care they want such as birth control, vaccinations, transgender surgery, etc. without their parent’s consent or knowledge
Right? You believe all of those things?