At what age in your opinion should a person under 18 years of age be tried as an Adult?

Example:

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Jason Welty, legislative director for the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, tells the story of an elementary school child whose mother packed a regular table knife with her daughter's lunch. Later that day, the kids sat down in the lunchroom. "When the knife fell out of her bag," Mr. Welty said, "she was arrested for bringing a weapon to school."

Example:

The 10 year old kid who brings aspirin to school and is busted for "drug" possession.

Example:

Palm Beach County 7 year old child arrested for setting off an "explosive device," which was an overflowing soda bottle.

Derek was 13 and brother Alex was 12 when, on Nov. 26, 2001, they killed their father, Terry King, 40, as he slept.
Both boys calimed their father abused them.
It was against that backdrop that a Pensacola man who turned out to be a convicted child molester entered the boys' lives.

The possible role of that man, Ricky Chavis, in the murder has never been fully understood.

Chavis, who was then 40, worked with the King boys' father and befriended the children. But, evidence would later suggest, he sexually abused Alex.

After the murder, the children set the house on fire. They then went to a pay phone and called Chavis, who hid them out at his home.

Chavis ultimately was charged with first-degree murder in King's death, under the theory that he had helped orchestrate it or even participated. He was acquitted.

However, he was convicted in another trial on several charges related to his involvement after the murder, including false imprisonment, tampering with evidence and accessory to murder.

Chavis was sentenced to 35 years.