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The following sentence in the article states this, "Because of this, some legal experts argue that minors should never be tried as adults, and should be spared the death penalty."

What are your thoughts on this? Do you agree? Explain why or why not.

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The article states, "In American culture, a teen can drive at 16, vote and serve in the military at 18, and drink at 21. But Giedd says the best estimate for when the brain is fully mature is 25."

Implicitly, this is suggesting that maybe these ages are too young, considering the brain does not develop until age 25. What are your thoughts on this? Make sure you explain why you feel the way you do.

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In the article, the author describes teenage behavior such as "emotional outbursts, recklessness and rule breaking."

Do you think this is a fair analysis of teenage behavior? Why or why not?

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I somewhat agree with this because I think it depends on the situation that a teen is in. Some are not always reckless and it may depend how they are taught.

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I would agree with this statement in certain situations because not all teenagers can be the same.

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Ill say this is somewhat true not every teenager is that way & many go through dif stuff

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I somewhat agree with this becasue i think it more depends on the person and the situation that they may be in.

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this is somewhat true but its not true for every single person because some teenagers are different and it depends on the type of situation

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I think this is true for most teens because there are teenagers that want attention most of the time.

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my thoughts are even though your brain develops at 25 your brain still knows what to do because your getting thought about it so you should be able to do stuff that anyone can even if your 16

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I feel like although the brain fully develops at the age of 25. You're not to young to be doing most of these things. As you're brain is developing you are learning from various things you're doing.

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because the brain develops till age 25, this can seem unfair the age of doing things that we havent been taught to do and its more of a society thing

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I agree because as we grow up we slowly develop the right from wrong in which times time to mature even at our early age.

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i agree with 25 being too young but i also belive that people in the right mind know the difference between right and wrong.

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I don't think your too young to be doing these things because as you do them your learnig more and your brain is developing as you go

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i kind of agree with this because it mostly depends on the person and situation it also kind of has to do with something that affected them in the pass that has made them act like this but not everyone acts like this

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Refer to rapid changes in emotional expression  were strong feelings and also emotions occurs.

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I say 18 is a age where you know what is good and bad. You are able to take your own decisions because  we all have different beliefs. I think a big factor of this is what you are taught in school.

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i think that it depends on the situation that the person did to reicieve for the death penalty because if a minor did soemthing really bad, maybe put it into consideration but if not, then dont give the minor that sentence, he still can change later

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i agree with this to an extent because if its bad and well they were in their senses then they should pay for what they did

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I think in certain situations it's okay. But I would agree with this because as teenagers we're still learning from what we do or see.

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I feel like the age for you to be able to do the things listed above is okay because I feel like you have common sense on how to do those things even though the brain isn't fully developed. I think if it was a real problem though they would change the age to do certain things.

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I agree as we grow up the way we express our emotion changes as we grow older

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even though tha brain fully matures until the age of 25, starting young can help out in the future see the mistakes done before and fix them after everything has been matured

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I believe this is sometimes true because most teenagers do have phases where they act like that and sometimes it could be the current situation they are going through.

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I agree because those are some of the things we are dealing with right now-tito

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I agree because those are some of the things we are dealing with right now-tito

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kind of agree with the statement cause sometimes we dont think first of our soroundings and instead act first on it and show how we feel

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I somewhat agree just depending on the teen and how they grew up

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I would not say ages below 25 are to young because you can speak up for yourself and think right below being 25 years old just thinking and making some right desicion

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I somewaht agree with this, depending on what may have occured they should take it into cosideration that it is a teenager, they aren't fully developed yet, and there brain it still at work.

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I'm not really sure on this because it depends on the situation but I would say I disagree because if a 25yr old killed someone and a 16yr old did the same that 16yr old still what he was doing.

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I feel like even though our brain fully matures at the age of 25, our brain at 21 can still be able to do these things and this can help us learn and not repeat the same mistakes when we get older

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i do think this is fair to some extent. some people do know whats good for them in the long run.

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I believe that if a person has the mentality to do something so extreme to get the death penalty than they deserve it.

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i think 21 is a good age to drink simply because you are ata age where you make your own decisions in life

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My thoughts are even tho your brain develops at 25 am old enough to know the consequences. For example when it comes to driving you don’t want to drive like your the only person in this world, you want to look out for your surroundings and look out for others.

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In my opinion i think that people are maturing as years go by, at the age of 16 they should know what they are doing,

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I agree with this because its true  teenagers are like that

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16+18= 34
34+21=55
55-25=30

Total: 30

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i think the death penalty for a 25 year old is too extreme. 25 is still young and still learning from mistakes, but that doesnt mean they shouldnt be let off the hook either obviously.

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i think it depends on the situation or what they did

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even though the brain develops at age 25 most of us are already grown enough to make our own decisions and we know from right to wrong

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I think some people have to know what death means, because people lose their minds before it causes to death.

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i think it all depends on the situation they are in

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In my opinion even though the brain fully develops and mature at age 25 I think you should know whats wrong and whats good even when you just 16 you learn from your mistakes and mature as you fix them.

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I believe it depends on how bad the situation is, because if they did something bad but not really bad, then it was probably a mistake and they are still young so they have plenty of time to learn and change as a person.  It really depends on how bad the crime was.

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They say when your brain develops at any age it still knows what to do but although at age 25 the brain is fully develop.

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I think that the death penalty at the age of 25 is reasonable because our brain have developed the right from wrong. But even thing it really just depends on the situation.

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honestly it really doesnt matter when does your brain fully mature because you are already pretty mature to drive,vote and in some cases to drink

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i think it depends on the situation but if someone capable to kill someone on purpose they should get what they deserve

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i somewhat agree with this because wee developinng and knowing what right and wrong thorught "life" also our point of view in seeing things change.

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Ill say it depends on the situation if what she/he did its the wrong ill say maybe yes because you cant blame something terrible you did just because your brain isnt devolope

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a minor could get a death penalty?
but naw keep then in jail till there above age and then the death peanaty coulb be an option

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I kind of agree with this because teens can have this reaction but it all depends on the situation they’re put in and each person is different, not all teens act this way so it’s still kind of inaccurate

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what I think from the article is that when minors do illegal thing they should not be as tried as adults they should pay for what they did.

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I think death penalty at 25 is reasonable depending on what they did. Because at age 25 you already grown you are not a teen anymore you should know what you doing.

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In my opinion even though your brain isn’t fully developed until you’re 25, by the age of 16+ you have a general understanding as to what’s right and wrong not only that but individual experiences also shape you and what u decide, some people are more mature at the age of 16 than someone who is 21 simply because of what they’ve had to deal with so in general I don’t think those ages are too young.

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1. Emotional outbursts, also known as emotional lability, refer to rapid changes in emotional expression where strong or exaggerated feelings and emotions occur. This neurological condition often affects people who already have a pre-existing condition or have suffered brain injuries in the past.

2. In criminal law and in the law of tort, recklessness may be defined as the state of mind where a person deliberately and unjustifiably pursues a course of action while consciously disregarding any risks flowing from such action.

Lack of regard for the danger or consequences of one's actions; rashness.

3. The breaking of a rule or rules. His flagrant rule breaking earned him a demotion.

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I disagree with this, in society we are taught to take responsibility for our actions since a young age and we learn right from wrong at a young age too, for example we know killing a person isn’t okay by the time we learn right from wrong so if a 15yo kills someone, they know what they did and should be punished as an adult because it’s just common sense, the same common sense that a 25yo should have

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Atzy R.  i agree but disagree at the same time because not everyone is the same and everyone reacts in different ways 

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Atzy R.  i agree but disagree at the same time because not everyone is the same and everyone reacts in different ways 

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i believe that at the age 16+ you and your brain already know between right and wrong. and i also believe that the age 21 is good to drink because you're already an adult so now you know the consequences of drinking and you're more mature about it

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i'm unsure because i think we start knowing the difference between right or wrong at a young age like liz mentioned. so in your teenage years obviously you aren't gonna be matured like a person who is 30 y/o but you already know between right or wrong so i think they should get charged the same as an adult