When is a criminal a criminal ? In NY you can get married as young as 14, drive at 16 but can't go to criminal court until 18, the same age you can vote and have a cigarette.
A new law takes 16 and 17 year olds out of criminal courts and into Family Court.
That creates more expense for the system as the goal is to reduce stigma. Isn't stigma what keeps people in line ?
Watertown Daily Times | Proposed change in age of criminality could strain Lewis County
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