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  2. Trial as an adult - Wikipedia

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    Trial as an adult is a situation in which a juvenile offender is tried as if they were an adult, whereby they may receive a longer or more serious sentence than would otherwise be possible if they were charged as a juvenile.

  3. Juvenile offender in Eriya Ruiz case to be certified as adult ...

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    The juvenile will stand trial as an adult in the 2023 killing of 15-year-old Eriya Ruiz if he is indicted on a murder charge. ... Juvenile offender in Eriya Ruiz case to be tried as adult, judge says.

  4. Juvenile delinquency - Wikipedia

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    There is concern young adult offenders are not getting the support they need to help them avoid reoffending. [95] In England and Wales the age of criminal responsibility is set at 10. Young offenders aged 10 to 17 (i.e. up to their 18th birthday) are classed as a juvenile offender. Between the ages of 18 and 20 (i.e. up to their 21st birthday ...

  5. Juvenile court - Wikipedia

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    At times, a juvenile offender who is initially charged in juvenile court will be waived to adult court, meaning that the offender may be tried and sentenced in the same manner as an adult. [6] "Once an adult, always an adult" provisions state that juveniles who are convicted of a crime in adult court will thereafter always be tried in adult ...

  6. ‘Very disturbing’: Florida teens get longer prison sentences ...

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    Only one in 10 of the more than 20,000 children tried as adults in Florida were given juvenile sanctions and less than 5% received a “youthful offender” designation, the Herald found in an ...

  7. Seven-deadly-sins law - Wikipedia

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    State Bill 440 attempted "to provide that certain juvenile offenders who commit certain violent felonies shall be tried as adults in the superior court." [ 4 ] This meant that murder, armed robbery, kidnapping, rape, aggravated sexual battery, aggravated sodomy and aggravated child molestation carried a minimum of 10 years in prison, with the ...

  8. Juvenile delinquency in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the 1980s, 25% of the murders that involved juvenile delinquents as the offenders also involved an adult offender. This percentage rose to 31% in the 1990s, and averaged at 37% between 2000 and 2008. [15] The time of day juvenile delinquents commit their crimes are the times they are not in school. [16]

  9. Ending Fees and Fines for Juvenile Offenders is Best for ...

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    Before California eliminated juvenile fees in 2017, Santa Clara County spent $450,000 to collect just $400,000 in fees in fiscal year 2014-15, according to a March 2017 report from the University ...