50 points
on a piece of paper answer the following prompt in 500 words.
In California since 2016 a judge can charge juveniles as adults for certain violent crimes. The
judge must consider multiple criteria, including the seriousness of the crime and its impact on the
victim or the victim's family, the suspect's criminal history, and the suspect's past attempts at
rehabilitation. This is a compromise between charging all juveniles who commit these violent
crimes as adults and never charging juveniles as adults regardless of the type of crime they
commit.
Considering all the arguments that you have read and discussed during this module, write a
thoughtful and well-documented open letter to be published on a Web site for those interested in
the issue of juvenile crime, particularly state policymakers. In your open letter, explain your
viewpoint about sentencing juveniles who commit serious crimes and provide evidence that
supports your position. Respond to the arguments of those who have different perspectives. Be
sure to respond to all the different major arguments that you have read. Make clear whose ideas or
words you are using by including author names and titles, but an require in-
text citations (page numbers)or a reference list.