Hochul urged to sign juvenile justice measures
Gov. Kathy Hochul is being urged by advocates to sign a pair of juvenile justice reform measures.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul is being urged by advocates to sign a pair of juvenile justice reform measures.
In New York state, children as young as 7 can be arrested and charged as juvenile delinquents in family court. But is that age too young? It's a question being asked in the...
Children in New York can be charged as juvenile delinquents beginning at age 7, which explains why a boy of that age could be charged with rape in March in upstate Brasher Falls, New York.
“Science doesn’t support prosecution of second graders,” one lawyer said. Still, in New York, children as young as 7 can be charged with a crime.
A 7-Year-Old Was Accused of Rape. Is Arresting Him the Answer? “Science doesn’t support prosecution of second graders,” one lawyer said. Still, in New York, children as young as 7 can be charged with a crime. An arrest of a child shook tiny Brasher Falls, a hamlet near the Canadian border, and may have restarted a push in the Legislature to change New York’s law.Credit...Malik Rainey for The New York Times June 3, 2021Updated 9:43 a.m. ET At the forested edge of the Canadian border this spring, state police arrested a person from the hamlet of Brasher Falls, N.Y., population about 1,0...