Scientific brain research shows that before age 16, adolescents are less likely to fully understand and participate in legal proceedings, socially and emotionally immature, and more susceptible to suggestion and trauma. (That research was cited in five U.S. Supreme Court decisions, including the 2005 landmark Roper v. Simmons, which outlawed the death penalty for teenagers under 18.) Many states have laws that automatically send juveniles who are 16 to adult court if they are charged with certain violent crimes. Do you think these laws should be changed? If so, should they be strengthened or abolished?