The
types of crime children less than eighteen years happen to commit these days
are as severe and coldblooded as those being done by seasoned adult criminals.
Therefore, there is a demand from some judicial circles that juvenile age-limit
needs to be brought down from eighteen to fifteen years.
To what extent do you
agree or disagree with this idea?
Trialing
juveniles has always been a tricky issue
for the judiciary. It is becoming increasingly
difficult today as many children are showing the traits of hardcore criminals. In this respect, to
a greater extent, it right to bring down
their age limit to fifteen, obviously, on certain conditions.
No
one would deny the fact that a crime is
a crime whoever does it, and it is against normal human life. Naturally,
the judiciary has to ensure that ordinary life is kept safer. For example,
there are media reports from across the world describing gory stories of children less than 18 years wielding guns and
taking ordinary people hostage. Such children cannot be trialed as juveniles.
Besides
this, seasoned criminals may make use of
this under-eighteen loophole to carry out their designs. Let me site an
example. Many adult criminals rope in misguided juveniles, and the latter are
made to own up coldblooded crimes promising huge monitory offers. Besides all
these, today’s under-eighteen children
are much more informed and better-built than their old counterpart. The
world must take this physical aspect while trialing such offenders.
All
these arguments notwithstanding, there may be cases in which even
just-under-eighteen-year olds may commit
crimes either for their life or for the life their near ones. Such cases
need to be treated as juvenile cases; of course, based on solid evidences and
testimonies.
My
conclusion is that the child offenders under-eighteen
may be just one percent and there may be hardcore cases involving children as young as fifteen years as well. Here
the court must ensure that the jury is
always in all through the proceedings. Juvenile age-limit may be lowered to
fifteen.
Ajaypeesdoc. 275 words. 23.11.14.
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