Missouri prosecutors, courts not following new juvenile court law
'They have given us a real mess' | Some juvenile courts say they don't have funds to follow new law making 17-year-olds juveniles One St. Charles County case could force juvenile courts to take on 17-year-olds regardless of whether they have the money to do so Author: Christine Byers (KSDK) Updated: 6:31 PM CST January 27, 2021 ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. — We shouldn’t even know his name — let alone the crimes he’s been accused of committing. That’s because Tyrell Jones is 17 years old. And, according to a law that took effect Jan. 1, he and others his a...
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