IT ADDRESSES THE QUESTIONS OF DESIRABILITY AND VALIDITY OF PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION IN THIS MATTER, AND IT SUGGESTS METHODS BY WHICH THE RIGHT TO JUVENILE TREATMENT MAY BE PROTECTED. CONCENTRATING ON KENT V. UNITED STATES, WHICH ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES FOR JUDICIAL WAIVER OF JUVENILE STATUS, THE ARTICLE PROPOSES THAT PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION IN JUVENILE JURISDICTION ISSUES BE HALTED IN VIEW OF INSUFFICIENT DUE PROCESS CONTROLS. THE JUDICIAL WAIVER METHOD IS ADVOCATED ON THE CONTINGENCY THAT LEGISLATORS PROVIDE NARROW CONTROLS.