Each year, thousands of teenagers are tried in the adult justice system in the United States. Due to the increase in teen homicides and teen crime rates in the 1980s, all states made it easier to try juveniles as adults. California's Proposition 21 passed in 2000 provided harsher sentences for juvenile offenders and sent many to be tried in the adult justice system. Proposition 21 increases sentences for gang-related crimes and the death penalty for gang-related murders. The proposal included life sentences for home robberies, carjackings and shootings, recruitment for gang activity, and required youths 14 and older to be tried as adults for murder or specified sex crimes. Now states are questioning whether juvenile offenders should be tried as adults or juveniles. Some believe that young people are old enough to know the consequences of their actions and should be punished accordingly. Others believe that children have not yet fully developed their brains to understand the consequences of their actions. In the documentary “Juvies,” a thirteen-year-old girl was sentenced to 30 years in prison for leading gang members who killed an innocent bystander. The girl was taking the two gang members around to facilitate their integration into the beautiful group. The girl had no idea that the cruise would result in the death of a seventeen-year-old boy. Children and teenagers live in the moment and never stop to wonder what is happening. Some teenagers commit crimes to be accepted into a group or to become “cool.” At such a young age, teenagers don't understand that being cool isn't that important. To feel like they belong, teens will do whatever they feel is necessary. Juvenile delinquents are more likely to succumb to peer pressure and negative influences due to their young age. Juvenile delinquents don't feel like they have control over the