SHOULD CHILDREN WHO COMMIT ADULT CRIME BE TRIED AS ADULTS? This has been a very controversial question throughout the years since there are many arguments for and against the issue with each side defending their stand strongly. In my own opinion I think that children who are under the age of 18 years should not be tried as adults when they commit a heinous crime. They should instead only be tried in juvenile courts which only aim to rehabilitate them until a certain period unlike in adult courts where they receive severe sentences like death penalties. My arguments Am strongly against the trying of children as adults for their crimes because I do not think that these children are mature enough to understand the magnitude of what they are doing. Children who are under the age of 18 years are not of sound mind to know that some of the things that they are doing are illegal and can get them into trouble with the law.