From my perspective, the idea of “juvenile justice” was to deal with a kid breaking windows with a slingshot or shoplifting a candy bar. That sort of youthful indiscretion should be punished, but it shouldn’t follow you for your whole life.
When you get into violent crime, all bets are off, and as you say, the perps should be tried and sentenced as adults.
I think we should go back to handing weapons back over at the gate of the prison to released inmates but straight up murder (rape, child molesters) should not walk, period.
Armed robbery should be 20 years the first time and life for a second offense.
Yeah, I’d be willing to put the bar above some stuff like assault and battery, since kids get in fights, that is just a fact of life. If you get to rape, or attempted murder, armed robbery, stuff like that, well, if you’re old enough to do the crime, you’re old enough to do the time.