# When should kids be charged as adults?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-should-kids-be-charged-as-adults/665106>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 1, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-should-kids-be-charged-as-adults/665106 "2013-08-01T19:51:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-should-kids-be-charged-as-adults/665106/41 "2013-08-03T22:22:11Z")

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> [@GusNSpot](#):
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> If I object to a 13 year old who, with malice of forethought, kills a member of my family, I will feel that it is just the breaks of the game & we will mourn them but do nothing to punish the killer.

I think that you’re having an argument with someone who isn’t in the thread.

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