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460 17．Defenses Based on Individual Characteristics
duct and that it was wrong．…If the prosecution carries the burden of per-
suasion on these issues，the child is considered to llave sufficient mental
and moral c~qpacity to make rational choices sufficient for criininal respon．
sibility．Consequently，she Call be tried as an adult offender，usually sub-
ject to the juvenile court’s declining its jurisdiction．If convicted，she can
be punished just as severely as an adult offender．
In response to the growing number of juv·：nile offenders committing
“adult crimes”at younger ages，many legislatures have lowered or elimi．
nated the minimum age at which a juvenile can be tried as an adult．The
empirical research supports this perceived trend of more iuveniles COln-
mitting more violent offenses．In 1994 persons under the age of 18 ac．．
counted for l l percent of the willful killings cleared by law enforcement
authorities nationally．Additionally，in 1990 there was a 27 percent in．
crease over 1 980 figures for juveniles arrested for violent crimes，and