Minors tried as adults?

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Do you think minors should be tried as adults? Some states in the USA allow people under the age of 18 to be tried in court as adults. I personally think that is BS and shouldn't be allowed. If we can see and acknowledge that the frontal cortex of the brain, which helps regulate impulse and decision making, isn't fully formed until 25 then why do we expect kids under 18 to fully grasp the impact their actions may have? I do believe they need consequences and breaking the law is not acceptable. There are standards of consequences for minors and that is what should be used for minors. If minors who "make adult decisions," as is often said by people who do support trying minors as adults, deserve "adult consequences" then why do we have a separate court system for minors? The double standard just makes no sense. They're not adult enough to make adult decisions, but they're adult enough for adult consequences.