Should 14-Year-Olds Be Charged as Adults?

03.06.20
(18-year-old Barnard College student Tessa Majors was reportedly stabbed to death in the park during an armed robbery. (Photo: Jeenah Moon/Getty Images))

After the arrest of three teen boys in the Tessa Majors case, some prosecutors are calling for the alleged assailants to be charged as adults. But others consider such measures draconian. And what are the effects of locking teens up as adults anyway? Malachi investigates.

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