1. Both the Brazill and Tate cases have prompted debate about trying young offenders as adults, with critics demanding that Florida re-evaluate its juvenile-justice laws. 2. Republicans want tougher penalties for juveniles convicted of violent crimes and those involving drugs, and they want repeat offenders to be tried as adults. 3. The cases prompted debate about trying young offenders as adults. 4. The convention says that if the country does not try such an offender, it must extradite him to a country that will. 5. The vote to toughen federal penalties was largely symbolic because few youthful offenders are ever tried in federal court. 6. Offenders are tried in Islamic courts and can face up to two months in jail and a fine if convicted. 7. To deter fans from violence, prosecutors and judges will set up special courts that will prosecute and try all offenders on the spot. 8. He said the Republican-run Congress would introduce legislation next week to require violent juvenile offenders to be tried as adults. 9. An opposition-backed national convention has accused the Bangladeshi government of post-election human rights abuses and called for a special tribunal to try alleged offenders. 10. Clinton spoke a day after Dole urged a tough approach to violent crime, including laws requiring juvenile offenders to be tried as adults. |