For Raise The Age- discuss about how the age went from 16 to 17 then finally to 18 years of age- Raise the Age laws focus on when courts treat someone as a juvenile versus when they treat them as an adult. They, in the most literal sense, raise the age threshold for when courts can treat someone as an adult rather than a juvenile. This impacts their treatment in court and in detention facilities- The reasons for reforming the current minimum age of criminal responsibility are clear. Medical science is not consistent with the current laws on childhood capacity. Contemporary research shows that children′s brains are still developing and they do not fully understand the consequences and severity of their actions For Bail Reform- Because paying bail is essentially buying one′s freedom—for both guilty and innocent individuals—many people believe the cash bail system fosters inequality.
