Article
Death Is Not Different: The Transfer of Juvenile Offenders to Adult Criminal Courts
Criminal Law Bulletin
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2007
Keywords
- Kent v. United States,
- juvenile justice,
- youth tried as adults,
- Roper v. Simmons
Disciplines
Abstract
The US Supreme Court first reviewed a state's statutory procedure for juvenile transfer to adult criminal courts in Kent v. US 1 Morris Kent was a fourteen-year-old first convicted for purse snatching and house-breaking, placed on probation, and later charged at the age of sixteen with robbery and rape. 2 Kent was arrested, presumably admitted to involvement in these crimes after seven hours of interrogation, and placed in a receiving home for one week.
Citation Information
Christopher A Mallett. "Death Is Not Different: The Transfer of Juvenile Offenders to Adult Criminal Courts" Criminal Law Bulletin Vol. 43 Iss. 4 (2007) p. 1 - 18 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/christopher_mallett/15/