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Post by Gambi1986 on Jun 20, 2011 10:39:02 GMT -5
Well ladies I am not sure this is the right place to ask my question so I apologize if I am making a mistake..
Now my question. This question is been formed in my mind after 5 seasons of SVU. We all watched episodes with minors committing murder and in most of them, they have been trialed as adults even though most of them were 13 years old. In other cases, dealing with concensual sex with an adult, even if that is 21, and a minor, lets say 16, that is statutory rape.
How come a boy of 13 years old being trialed as an adult for murder and a girl of 16 years of age can't consent to have sex with her bf who's only 21? I find that whole thing very confusing, you know like being able to make a big desition like killing and not being able to consent to sex...
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Post by finaddict on Jun 20, 2011 13:58:08 GMT -5
trying a teen as an adult is usually done if it is a henious (horrible) crime. If it appears that the 13 year old would kill again or he has a previous violent conviction. The age of consent for a teenager is usually decided by each individual State. One law has nothing to do with the other and yes it is confusing.
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Post by benstabler on Jun 22, 2011 1:30:21 GMT -5
I think Patti explained it well. They take into consideration that these "kids" did adult crimes. Many times there is something seriously mentally wrong with young kids and they know they will commit these crimes again. Not to mention these girls are probably coerced into having sex even though they don't really want to. It's kind of the difference of doing something to someone else as opposed to having it done to you. And I know it is confusing and I bet in real life they are more than likely tried as juveniles.
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Post by Gambi1986 on Jun 23, 2011 16:48:36 GMT -5
Thank you very much.. I just thought it was crazy.. in Greece we don't have crimes commited by juveniles. You know, like murder. We'd only had one case here with a 12 year old that went missing and there were 5 boys as witnesses.. after a while the police looked at the boys for the murder but nothing was ever proved. The body was never found so I don't know what they would have done if they did.
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