Gerald Gault V United States

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Juveniles are people under the age of twenty-one, e.g. a minor, that have broken the laws of the constitution. These teens committed crimes before they were considered adults, so they are put under trial in a different court of law, specifically designed for cases of minors. For many years, this court used the theory of rehabilitation and care instead of punishment. This caused many juveniles to be let off the hook for some major crimes that they committed, but for others, such as Gerald Gault, it was more of a punishment for a minor offense than an acquittal for a serious crime. In the case of Gerald Gault vs. The United States, a fifteen year old boy, Gerald, Gualt, is accused of making an obscene and lewd phone call to his neighbor, Mrs. Cook, on June 8th, 1964. The sheriff’s department arrest Gerald and failed to inform his family on where he is, and was only told through a friend. Mrs. Gualt was never told of there being any trial for her son, and, the next day, there was an undocumented trial on Gerald, and there are many conflicting accounts on what Gerald admitted to, if anything. He was detained in a Detention…show more content…
On June 15th 1964, he had another hearing, which Mrs. Gault also wasn’t present. The victim, Mrs. Cook, also never showed up to any of these trials. At this hearing, the judge committed Gerald Gault to juvenile detention
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