Guest Op-Ed: Trying teens as adults is absurd
BY JOHN C. LIU
It is dismaying that, in the 21st century, New York still treats 16 and 17-year-olds as adults before the law. For certain serious crimes, our state actually prosecutes children as young as 13 as adults.
Does anyone really believe that a 13-year-old is an adult, no matter how serious the crime he or she has committed?