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adult and juvenile. I also believe that persons 18 and over should not be made second-class citizens because lawmakers carfrtot devise an effective way to deal with drunk drivers.
Respectable arguments (though to me not convincing) can be made against these positions. But I doubt that anyone can fashion a logical argument that an 18-year-old should be treated as a juvenile with respect to alcohol but that what is then by definition a juvenile crime should be treated as though it were an adult one.
Let’s have it one way or the other.
W. MICHAEL MAHONEY
Washington
Editor’s note: The “inconsistency” Mr. Mahoney refers to is a result of the inconsistency of the age of adulthood in the criminal justice system, 18, and the legal age for possession and consumption of alcohol, 21. The names of defendants and proceedings in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, which deals with offenders less than 18 years of ages, are confidential. However, when a person reaches the age of 18, he is considered an adult and all criminal matters concerning him are matters of public record.
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