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| Bill would raise age juveniles can be prosecuted as adults |
| By newsday.com- Laura Figueroa |
| Published: 04/07/2014 |
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Long Island youth advocates and prominent local officials are backing a bill to raise the age juveniles can be prosecuted as adults following Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's call to re-examine the youth sentencing system. New York and North Carolina are the only states that automatically prosecute 16- and 17-year-olds as adults in misdemeanor and felony cases -- a standard Cuomo called "outdated" in his State of the State address in January. Other states prosecute 16- and 17-year-olds as adults on a conditional basis as determined by a judge. Read More. |
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