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| Study finds improvement in handling of young offenders |
| By vtdigger.org- Laura Krantz |
| Published: 10/06/2014 |
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State’s attorneys in some parts of Vermont are still reluctant to charge 16- and 17-year-olds in juvenile court, despite significant improvements recently in how prosecutors across the state treat young offenders, a study released this summer found. In addition, there are geographic differences in the juvenile justice system because each county’s state’s attorney has wide discretion over how to charge teenagers, the study found. A state-commissioned task force asked for the study as a follow-up to one in 2011 that found a need for standardization on whether state prosecutors charge. Read More. |
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