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When can minors be tried as adults?
Recent high-profile cases such as the 2014 Slender Man stabbing highlight the controversial practice of trying accused juveniles as adults. How do prosecutors decide which cases involving minors land in adult courts and which stay in the juvenile system? It's a complicated combination of laws, guidelines and judicial choice.
When teens don't know they're breaking the law
5 of the Most Common Juvenile Crimes
Crimes committed by juveniles, which most states consider to be under the age of 18, have been on a steady decline since the mid-'90s. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the crime rate for this age group declined by 38 percent between 1980 and 2012.