Many people believe that adolescents should not be sentenced as adults, because their brains are not fully developed. On the other hand, people believe that if teenagers commit crimes, then they will have to have consequences for their actions. According to the Campaign for Youth Justices, approximately 250,000 adolescents are tried, convicted, or incarcerated as adults in the United States each year (Campaign for Youth Justices 3). Therefore, accusing adolescents as adults is right, because they are human beings just like adults. On Friday, August 16, 2013, Christopher Lane was shot in the back of the head by James Edwards, Chancey Luna and Michael Jones in Duncan, Oklahoma. Looking on social networks Edwards mentions on his Facebook account: “I see death around the Coner” (Edwards). As a result, Edwards knew what he was doing, because why would you post things on Facebook about killing someone? In interpreting this quote, it tells me that Edwards knew what person he was looking for. One defendant explains to police chief Danny Ford: "We were bored and had nothing to do, so we decided to kill someone." If the teenagers were bored, how can Edwards tweet that he sees death around the corner? According to Edwards' Facebook status, he was planning to commit a crime. Remember, planning is the process of planning something. On April 19, 2013, Edwards updated a Facebook status saying, “When things get serious… That nigga always #MIA About to get cut from the team” (Edwards). Edwards knew who he wanted to kill because Lane played on an Oklahoma College baseball team. Also, Edward's Facebook updates say he would eliminate someone from a team, so it shows that Lane was the target. James Edwards, C...... middle of paper ......d Did Cooper and her friends take ten dollars from Pelke and her car keys? When I'm bored, I don't think about killing an innocent person. In interpreting the Ruth Pelke case, it is hard to believe that people would do such a thing to an innocent person minding their own business. In the article titled “Children are children, until they commit crimes,” by Marjie Lundstrom mentions that if children commit a crime, then they are not children. Lundstrom says in his article: "On March 9, Lionel Tate, who was twelve years old when he savagely beat a six-year-old to death, will likely find out whether he will have to serve a life sentence after his attorney unsuccessfully tried to implement professional wrestling proves. Now 14 and convicted as an adult of first-degree murder, Tate was allegedly imitating his World Wrestling Federation heroes when he punched his playmate, less than a third of his size" (Lundstrom).).