Many people assume that teenagers should not be sentenced as adults, because their brains are not fully developed. On the other hand, people believe that if teenagers commit crimes, they must face the consequences of their actions. According to the Campaign for Youth Justices, approximately 250,000 adolescents are tried, convicted, or incarcerated as adults each year in the United States (Campaign for Youth Justices 3). Therefore, accusing teenagers as adults is fair, because they are human beings just like adults. On Friday, August 16, 2013, Christopher Lane was shot in the back of the head by James Edwards, Chancey Luna, and Michael Jones in Duncan, Oklahoma. While browsing social media, Edwards mentions on his Facebook account: “I see death around the Coner” (Edwards). As a result, Edwards knew what he was doing, because why would you post about someone's murder on Facebook? Interpreting this quote, it tells me that Edwards knew the person he was talking to. One defendant explains to Police Chief Danny Ford: “We were bored and had nothing to do, so we decided to kill someone. » If teenagers were bored, how can Edwards tweet that he sees death around the corner? According to Edwards' Facebook status, he was planning to commit a crime. Remember, planning is the process of making plans for something. On April 19, 2013, Edwards updated a Facebook status saying, "When shit gets serious...This nigga is still #MIA, about to be cut from the team" (Edwards). Edwards knew who he wanted to kill, because Lane played on a baseball team for a college in Oklahoma. Additionally, Edwards' Facebook updates indicate that he was going to remove someone from a team, so this shows that Lane was the target. James Edwards, C...... middle of paper ......d Cooper and his friends took ten dollars from Pelke and his car keys? When I'm bored, I don't think about killing an innocent person. When interpreting the Ruth Pelke case, it is hard to believe that people would do such a thing to an innocent person minding their own business. In the article titled “Children Are Children Until They Commit Crime,” Marjie Lundstrom mentions that if children commit a crime, then they are not children. Lundstrom states in his article: "On March 9, Lionel Tate, who was 12 when he brutally beat a six-year-old to death, will likely learn whether he faces life in prison after his lawyer attempted to futile in promoting professional wrestling. trial. Now fourteen years old and convicted of first-degree murder, Tate allegedly imitated his World Wrestling Federation heroes when he punched his playmate, who was less than a third his size. » (Lundstrom).