Resolved: In the United States, juveniles charged with violent felonies ought to be treated as adult

As a roadmap I will force defened my case and then attack my opponents. Oh really? You think they cant see the difference between stealing a candy from the candyshop and killing someone with a rock? Murder is serious as you know and if they commit such serious felony, they are thinking as adults at that point. And serious crimes accepts NO excuses like a problem. (Unless hes driven insane, but the perpetrator clearly shows his sane) And that, my friend, is where you are wrong. As I said, childrens WILL see a difference between stealing and murder. What you explained was just a simple case were someone is stealing candy (or something xD) because they thought it was ok. Do you think parents can tell their childrens that murder is ok after seeing your parents commit one and the next day see your parents thrown in jail? If you think its possible, prove it. My opponent still COMPLETLY IGNORES the main point of my Contention 1 and Con 3. (He cannot attack my Con 1 without defeating my Con 3, as which they closely relate. (And vise-versa.) Con 1 defence: The basic premise behind these Contentions is that it's hypocritical to treat Jueviniles as Adults in terms of Crime and not anything else. My opponent basically states that because it's murder it changes everything. THIS IS WHEN I REFER TO MY CONTENTION 3. During the adole scence period, the brain is still forming and learning right from wrong. If in a negative environment, what we in society has come to know as bad, can be known as 'good' for the child. As Gorski stated, Because the brains of juveniles, particularly the frontal lobes, are not fully developed, youths lack the ability to perform critical adult functions, such as plan, anticipate consequences, and control impulses. "This is the premise beneath society's across-the-board restrictions on voting rights, alcohol and tobacco consumption, and serving in the armed forces," Con 3 defence: I've already stated before an argument my opponent ignored: This applies to instances of abuse and violence in a bad environment, which are no doubt off the charts in this age. My opponent seems to not understand the fact that violent felonies don't only apply to murder, but they apply to cases such as Robberies as well. Stealing overlaps with Robbing. Con 2 defence: Fear from punishment is fine as it scares them from committing a serious felony in the first place. Again I refer to my Con 1: Because the brains of juveniles, particularly the frontal lobes, are not fully developed, youths lack the ability to perform critical adult functions, such as plan, anticipate consequences, and control impulses. Even so, murder isnt always committed because the person is having a problem, they could be greedy or they couldve hated someone. If this is the case, then I agree that they should be punished. However, I really doubt that a kid would murder unprovoked if they had no mental problem. If provoked, I provide the argument above. And even if they do have problems, we are talking about a very serious crime here! Having a problem is no excuse for such a serious crime. A mental problem DOES excuse crime. Here I basically repeat my Con 3. The person responsible for causing the mental problem/misunderstanding (that something is right and wrong) should be held responsible. Which is why we should fix it via Rehab. Sub A defence: Yeah right, thats from your point of view anyway. Juvenile only applies to childrens at age of 14 to 17, the argument of yours fails here. Jueviniles apply to the age of 10-18, and in some states even younger. I state in my OPENING PARAGRAPH before that a Juevinile at the age of 13 was tried as an adult in the first place. My opponent isn't very thorough in the reading in my case, which is why I already know the outcome of this debate: Source: http://www.juvenilejusticefoundation.com... As I said, no one tells you to pick up the gun and shoot someone. If the child grabs the gun and commits a crime or robbery, then he is thinking as an adult. Really, bro? Really? So if I smoke a cigaratte I have the mental capacaity as an Adult. Yeah, OK. OK. Judges, you may extend my Contention 4, as my opponent hasen't attacked it. If my opponent cannot fuffil his burden than he automatically loses. P.S: My opponent cannot make new arguments in the final round, as I will have no way to defend myself sense it's the final round. Contention 5 defence: This trump card wont work here xD, as you see, its an organization organized because they believed in something. They believe that they can forgive those people that killed their child, but that doesnt mean that the punishment should be overlooked. Also, your so called trump card doesnt show even who the perpetrator was that killed their childs, rendering this argument useless as it couldve been an adult or another child. Also, it only lists 73 womens from the 70 million citizens rendering this kinda weak too. Rehab is a form of punishment. And the juevnile is kept in a facility for a year as well. The MAMA organaziation is focused on juevile on juevnile violence. The number of people in an organzation isn't felective on the quailty of thier views and argments. And now I shall proceed to smack my opponent into next year, at which hopefully my oppponent will learn advance his comprehension skills. Yeah right, we are talking about 14-17 year old childrens here. They SHOULD be knowing whats right and wrong. But you are the one that keeps saying that they dont always do. (If you are 14 and you still dont know whats right and wrong, then uhh god should help you) Uh, yeah, we are talking about 10-18 year olds here...and sometimes even younger. Also, if you give them a second chance because they committed a murder, then why didnt we give those second chances to adults that also committed murders? Its really unfair isnt it? Think about the facts before you accuse me of ignoring your points. My opponent AGAIN completly ignores my Con 1 & Con 3: JUEVNILES BRAINS ARENT FULLY DEVELOPED. ADULT BRAINS ARE. WHICH IS WHY ADULTS SHOULDEN'T RECIEVE A SECOND CHANCE (in some terms.) Ahum, robbery is serious as you just said since a life is in danger at a robbery. But here comes a new one: EVERYONE goes to school right? The school teaches you whats bad and wrong, no? Not listening? Punishment.(Your parents = spanking) At the age of 14, i hardly can believe that someone would still not see the difference between good and bad. No matter how you are raised, when you are 14, you SHOULD be knowing whats wrong and right. (School aid in building the childrens inner mentality) I was only saying that Robbery broadens the horizon greatly in terms of bad influences. Not that it wasen't serious. Let me ask you, dinokiller. Who has more ifluence on a child? A parent, sibiling, a friend, or a teacher? Yeah, I'd go with the former. Again I say that juevniles are the ages of 10-18, and sometimes younger. SUMMARY I urge a Negative vote. My opponent has failed to counter of my arguments and I have completely squashed his meger two points of offence. There is no reason of any kind for you to vote Aff a this poi