Why does MA automatically try juveniles charged with Murder I & II in adult court? Shouldnt there be a waiver

If the Juvenile Justice system is designed to act in the best interest of the child, while protecting the public, why does MA automatically try juveniles charged with Murder I & II in adult court? Why aren鈥檛 they sent to a waiver first, to see if their needs and the public鈥檚 can be met by the juvenile system instead of the adult court and adult prisons?

Are you serious? So they can do it again because they feel they beat the system.

A waiver are you serious! Because murder is the highest crime you can commit! Do you think a child who kills at 12 should be on the streets in 6 years like it's okay to take a human life. People should be more concerned why most states don't have self defense for victims and raped and abused men and woman serve life sentences

The state legislature decided that some crimes deserve more punishment than the juvie court can handle. Juvie court loses its jurisdiction when the kid turns 18 or 21. So, putting aside rehabilitation and deterence, the legislature decided that murder had to be handled by a court that will never lose jurisdiction and can hand down sufficient punishment and protect society from dangerous people for a long enough time. Most states have similar laws, with some variation. BTW, the whole notion of a special court for juveniles is pretty modern. There were none in the u.s. before 1907. Juveniles who committed crimes were tried and sentenced same as anyone else.

Murder I and II represent intentional efforts to cause the death of another human being. Individuals who can be proven guilty of comitting murder I or II are generally psychologically different from "normal" citizens in such a way that they are extremely likely to continue comitting similar, and associated crimes for the rest of their life. Murder I and II are significantly different from manslaughter, wrongful death, and any other crime in which a death could be the result. They represent planning, and malicious intent, usually without any sense of remorse or extenuating circumstances.

In the interest of protecting the public, it is necessary for such individuals to be tried in such a way that life imprisonment, or the death penalty can be administered as appropriate.

In the interest of protecting the public, it is necessary for prospective employers of such individuals to be properly forewarned of the potential dangers inherent in working with such a person.

In the interest of protecting the public, it is necessary for such individuals to not escape detection from law enforcement in the event of future similar crimes.

By trying an individual in the juvenile system, the death penalty and life imprisonment are not an option, and at age 18, their records are sealed.

Murder I and II are general reserved for gang killings, and serial murders. An individual guilty of such a crime who was tried under the juvenile system would have their records sealed, and could commit another series of such crimes in the exact same way as the first, and the only way the police force would be able to connect these attacks would be if the officers involved remembered. There would be no police records on the events, no suspect to go off of, no fingerprints, no DNA evidence. None of that would show up.

In the interest of protecting society, it is automatically necessary to try juveniles who have commited murder I or II as adults.