Some cases involving youth offenders are serious enough to be transferred to adult criminal court.

Sexual , physical assaults and a home filled with drugs: The heartbreaking upbringing of man, 13, who is being tried as an adult after ‘killing his 2-year-old man’

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Tanner Wood was 14 years old when prosecutors say he killed his teen, 13-year-old Ashley Wood, on July 19, 2016. A Sacramento judge ruled Friday that the teen will be tried as an adult on suspicion of murder in the case.

The frequency of s committing horrendous crimes has been on a steady rise for the past couple of decades. This has brought up a very controversial

Feb 09, 2018 · A teen accused of shooting a police officer’s while trying to intimidate a man who talked to his teenfriend will be tried as an adult, a Virginia judge has ruled.

Aug 12, 2015 · “Often times people come into the adult system and they come out with more problems than they had before they went in.”

Apr 05, 2018 · A judge has ruled that a 16-year-old western Illinois teen will be tried as an adult on charges she tried to cover up the killing of her friend’s mother.

Murderers, rapists, and other criminals are being released from jail everyday after serving only very short and lenient sentences. Who are these criminals and what makes them so special? The criminals are s who commit adult crimes. They are being tried every day in courts, they are

Aug 17, 2017 · 17-year-old rapper Tay-K will be tried for capital murder as an adult. Here are the details.