Young people who commit serious crimes, such as a robbery or a violent attack should be punished in the same way as adults. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Crimes is a very difficult topic to discuss because everyone has a different opinion on it especially when we talk about young
people
. In my
opinion
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opinion,
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kids and teenagers should not be punished as an adult
with
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for
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crime
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crimes
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like robbing but
violent
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a violent
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attack is something different.
Unfortunetlly
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Unfortunately
, anger issues
is
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are
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a very serious
menatl
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mental
health problem
that is
very
popular
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common
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nowadays. The first
think
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thing
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to talk about is
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the couse
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couse
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cause
of that
crime
. Is the
person
ill or maybe just
boried
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bored
buried
?
This
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These
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are aspects that should be checked before the verdict. Some
of
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apply
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younge
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young
people
are looking for attention or
got
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get
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lost in
this
world and I think that cruel punishment is not the answer to that. In my
opinion
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opinion,
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we should help them to get back on track.
For example
by giving community work and sending
to
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them to
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therapy,
eventally
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eventually
if the
crime
is more serious they should go to jail but with
offert
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offered
help to be a
batter
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better
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person
.
On the other hand
, some
off
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of
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this
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these
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people
are not a good
person
but with a check-up before the
trial
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trial,
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it would come to light.
People
like that should be judged as an adult. In
situation
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a situation
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like that the judge
need
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needs
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to take every
asspect
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aspect
of the case,
menatl
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mental
health and intentions of the criminalist, only in that way we can have a whole view
on
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of
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the situation. In conclusion, we can see that the punishment should depend
of
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on
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the
person
who did the
crime
. Not everyone should get a second chance but we should
have
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keep
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in mind that
younge
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young
people
make mistakes and we are here to help.
Furthermore
, I stand by that because our world is a difficult place to live right now.
Therefore
, we should not judge a book by its cover.
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