Record #:

29071

Author(s):

Willets, Sarah

Abstract:

A proposal to increase the age of juvenile jurisdiction in North Carolina could keep about eleven thousand teenagers out of the state's adult court system each year, beginning in December 2019. This would direct sixteen- and seventeen-year-olds charged with misdemeanors and two classes of nonviolent felonies to juvenile court.

Source:

Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 34 Issue 23, June 28 2017, p8, por

Subject(s):

Juvenile delinquency; Juvenile courts