Juveniles don't deserve life in prison.

In the article "kids are kids- until they commit crimes" by Marjie Lundstrom. It talks about how kids will always be kids till they turn the age 18. Many people see teenagers as immature, and it's not that there immature it's just they got many years to go so they can experience what life is. As the author states " it's a glaring inconsistency that's getting more glaring by the hour as children as young as twelve and thirteen are being charged as adults in Americas courts." It's crazy how judges can really sentence a juvenile as an adult when there just kids? However, I do agree that they should be punished and get sentenced but the juvenile system should have rules that they should follow. It has been proven that teenagers lose a massive of brain tissues as it states in the article "Startling finds on teenage brains" by Paul Thompson saying " what really caught our eye was a massive loss of brain tissue that occurs in the teenage years." At the same time, I ask myself if people know this and it's proven why do we treat teenagers as adults? Teenagers don't act the same way as adults they act without thinking. The courts can change teenagers lives by giving them a second chance. However I don't say don't punish them but i think the juvenile system should punish teenagers the correct way not as an adult because there still teenagers. The legal age for every teenager is once they turn 18, if after that age they commit a crime , the juvenile system has every right to treat them as an adult.