Crimes are more associated with adults. Murder is particularly associated with adults. When a teenager commits a crime such as murder, he must be tried and should be treated not with leniency and coddling, but with the full force of the law as an adult. Seventeen-year-old Texas high school student Robert Acuna was being tried in court as an adult to determine the outcome of his sentence. He would find out whether he would live or die. Robert Acuna killed his two elderly neighbors named James and Joyce Caroll. Robert shot and killed both of them "execution style", then stole their car and ran away. Adam Liptak wrote “Mr. Acuna's youth should have counted in his favor. Instead, his brooding and volatile teenage behavior may have hurt more than helped, and the jury sentenced him to death. of gray matter in the brain during adolescence can impair a teenager's judgment and thinking. (Thompson pg.2)...