Make it illegal for any child under 18 years of age to be prosecuted as an adult.
Why is this important?
I listened to Brian Stephenson's recent TED talk. He is a lawyer who defends children who are accused of a crime. Judges apparently feel free to charge children 14 and 15 years old as adults in their courtrooms. This is a dreadful distortion of justice and damages these children for life. They are even given life imprisonment. Children are just learning responsibility in their teenage years and their brains are developing. In no way should they be held responsible for crimes as adults.
