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Many juveniles are not tried as an adult because they are assumed to be too young to fully comprehend the consequences of the criminal act. True False
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Many juveniles are not tried as an adult because they are assumed to be too young to fully comprehend the consequences of the criminal act.

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True. The juvenile brain has not fully formed to understand things the same way adults do so they are not held to the same standards under the law.
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