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For serious crimes, a juvenile can sometimes be tried as an adult. The jail will not put a juvenile offender in a cell with an adult offender.
It depends on the juvenile and the offense.
The word juvenile means not yet adult. You are a juvenile human.
No, once they are certified with a criminal adult status, they no longer qualify for the juvenile justice system.
Maybe, If your acting juvenile.
Old, mature, or adult. Those words are the opposite of juvenile.
The same things people do who go to adult prison. Where you go depends on if you are tried as an adult or juvenile.
Juvenile Petition. A legal proceeding involving a person under 18 years of age. A juvenile petition is in many ways the minor's version of a criminal complaint in adult cases. A juvenile record is usually not open to the public.
Yes, it can.
You can not put an adult in a juvenile facility! And in Florida, when you turn 18, you are considered an adult. Juvenile records are sealed. The juvenile warrant won't go away for 7 years. (Florida statute of limitations) However, a juvenile warrant will not become an adult warrant just because they child turns 18.
If you're referring to the defendant - a juvenile wouldn't be appearing in 'adult' court anyway. That's why they have a juvenile justice system.
The court is attempting to send the juvenile to be tried in adult court