Please point out where in the constitution it would forbid this.
If those images you posted are correct, the 250K number sounds awfully high, but that doesn't mean the practice should be prohibited. The 9x blacks and 4x latinos number is irrelevant without perspective. Do these groups commit a higher % of crimes worthy of trials as adults (can of worms)?
Do you think a 17 year old who commits premeditated murder should be tried as an adult?
Well, according to that infographic, that figure is based on "for the same crime."
But there are so many more variables, aside from the specific crime, race, and how they are tried/punished.
Those variables alone likely account for a good number of the differences.
Say, a white suburban kid does something, but has otherwise displayed acceptable behavior.
Now, a black inner-city kid, who has routinely behaved like a thug, performs the same crime, possibly with a little more zest and/or violence. He'll likely receive a harsher punishment.
Take a white kid, but put it into the same scenario as the above (violent, inner-city, etc), he'll probably receive the same punishment as the black kid of that scenario.
Take a black kid, who lives in suburbia and/or otherwise has never been in trouble with the law, behaves appropriately, and does that same crime with no violence. Depending on geography, he MAY be subjected to racial distinctions, but most likely he'll receive a lesser punishment (like the white suburban kid).
There are so many variables that a blanket infographic statement like that will completely ignore, either because the author ignored it, or didn't have access to the specifics of each case. Each case, whether a youth is tried as adult or as a minor, is determined based upon the specifics of said case and said individual youth. Could there be some racism? It's always possible, but most likely the specifics that played a role are not accounted for.
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