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Many juveniles are not tried as an adult because they are assumed to be too young to fully comprehend the consequences of the criminal act. True False

Many juveniles are not tried as an adult because they are assumed to be too young to fully comprehend the consequences of the criminal act. True False
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Many juveniles are not tried as an adult because they are assumed to be too young to fully comprehend the consequences of the criminal act.

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True. The juvenile brain has not fully formed to understand things the same way adults do so they are not held to the same standards under the law.
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