The Tide Turns for Juveniles being Treated as Adults by Courts

Veritas Legal Media - 757-582-1836 - veritaslegalmedia@hotmail.com A bill recently introduced into the North Carolina General Assembly has reopened questions about what age a teenage offender should be treated as an adult in the criminal justice system. It's a issue that's occupying legal minds not just in North Carolina but across the nation. North Carolina has been tough on this issue in the past. The state law that treats 16-year-olds as adults is one of the most uncompromising in the nat...
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