‘Raise the Age’ could aid minors on trial
Many state leaders are calling for a change in Connecticut courts: Minors should no longer be tried as adults.
The so-called Raise the Age legislation, currently pending a hearing in the state legislature, aims to reverse the practice of holding 16- and 17-year-olds as adults in the eyes of the law. Spearheaded in 2007 by Rep. Toni Walker and signed into law by Gov. M. Jodi Rell that same year, the law ensures that all minors remain under the jurisdiction of the juvenile justice system rather than the adult criminal system. And although implementation cannot move forward until the...
I agree with this, so long as you raise the voting age as well.