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May 27, 2021 What s the right age for juvenile criminals to be considered adults? Advocates and some states push it past 20.
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Four years ago, juvenile justice advocates celebrated a huge win: North Carolina ended its status as the last state in the nation that automatically considered anyone 16 years old or older an adult in the criminal justice system. When North Carolina raised the age to 18, the change was more than a dozen years in the making. Now, advocates are setting their sights and their desired age limit higher.
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