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'Seismic shift’: New law will reduce number of juveniles sent to adult court in Washington state
Seattle Times ^ | 04/02/2018 | Sara Jean Green

Posted on 04/02/2018 9:53:22 AM PDT by Dragonfly

The new law will reduce the number of 16- and 17-year-olds who have been charged with a handful of violent offenses from entering the adult criminal-justice system. It also extends juvenile jurisdiction to age 25, up from age 21, for those convicted of certain crimes.

By Sara Jean Green

Seattle Times staff reporter

Robbing a convenience store at gunpoint or spraying bullets from a moving vehicle are the kinds of crimes that will no longer see 16- and 17-year-olds automatically sent to adult court — and likely, on to adult prison.

Gov. Jay Inslee recently signed legislation that represents what one lawmaker called “a seismic shift” in the state’s efforts to reform the juvenile-justice system. The new law removes a handful of crimes from the list of what are known as auto-decline offenses and extends juvenile jurisdiction for those specific crimes to age 25.

The new law also increases sentences for those crimes, called A++ offenses, with the time served in juvenile-rehabilitation facilities instead of the state’s prisons.

(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: crime; juveniles; washingtonstate
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Madness!
1 posted on 04/02/2018 9:53:22 AM PDT by Dragonfly
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To: Dragonfly

The pilot worked so well in Broward County.


2 posted on 04/02/2018 9:55:24 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("Married with children.")
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Exactly!


3 posted on 04/02/2018 9:55:43 AM PDT by Dragonfly
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To: Dragonfly

Like Richard Pryor said, “Thank God We Got Penitentiaries!”


4 posted on 04/02/2018 9:56:14 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Dragonfly

Inslee is a ma-roon


5 posted on 04/02/2018 9:56:41 AM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: Dragonfly

Yay. So now 19yo TyShawn will be out in 18months or less with no adult record after committing aggravated armed robbery, because “boys will be boys”. I’m sure the community will be thrilled that the “dreams” of all these “aspiring rappers” and “doctahs” will not be crushed beneath the cruel heel of Justice.


6 posted on 04/02/2018 9:56:50 AM PDT by Little Pig
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To: Dragonfly

7 posted on 04/02/2018 9:59:47 AM PDT by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: Dragonfly

Ah. The parklland model. Excellent choice.

And for dessert? Sandy Hook.


8 posted on 04/02/2018 10:01:49 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
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To: KC_Lion

Excellent.


9 posted on 04/02/2018 10:02:20 AM PDT by Dragonfly
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To: Dragonfly

Wut?


10 posted on 04/02/2018 10:02:25 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Dragonfly

I’d be tempted to call it a suicidal shift. Now what? Only leads to more and more concealed carry and hopefully less crime due to fewer criminals running amok among the law abiding concealed carrying.


11 posted on 04/02/2018 10:02:55 AM PDT by wita (Always and forever, under oath in defense of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.)
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To: Dragonfly

Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. When governments fail to use those just powers, we must resort to the individual exercise of those powers. We know we have those powers because we loaned them to government, but that loan was conditioned on good governance.


12 posted on 04/02/2018 10:05:43 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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p07

First-degree robbery, drive-by shooting, first-degree burglary if a juvenile had committed a prior offense, and any violent crime allegedly committed with a firearm.

13 posted on 04/02/2018 10:06:41 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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It also extends juvenile jurisdiction to age 25

So basically, the state is going to start housing 25 year old criminals in juvenile-rehabilitation facilities. Sounds like a recipe for a lot of 15 and 16 year old juvenile offenders to be beaten up, raped and/or to learn the criminal trade from the experts.

14 posted on 04/02/2018 10:06:56 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Dragonfly
Robbing a convenience store at gunpoint or spraying bullets from a moving vehicle are the kinds of crimes that will no longer see 16- and 17-year-olds automatically sent to adult court — and likely, on to adult prison.

That will surely decrease the incidence of those types of crimes in the state of Washington, won't it...

Kids who would otherwise certainly have gone on to cure cancer or bring joy to the world but for their adult prison record will now be able to lead productive lives, realize their self-actualization goals and achieve their foreordained destiny due to this unselfishly humanitarian act.

/s

15 posted on 04/02/2018 10:09:28 AM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: Pearls Before Swine

That’s why Washington state got jealous.


16 posted on 04/02/2018 10:10:08 AM PDT by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
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To: Dragonfly

Who knew fixing the crime rate was so easy!


17 posted on 04/02/2018 10:11:29 AM PDT by Flick Lives
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To: Dragonfly

Let’s just sit back and watch for what we know will happen in Seattle. Ah, the pleasures of knowing where our next sh*thole city will be.


18 posted on 04/02/2018 10:11:47 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: rockrr

Inslee is a former school teacher, died in the wool liberal to the core.


19 posted on 04/02/2018 10:12:10 AM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: Dragonfly

They never learn.


20 posted on 04/02/2018 10:13:19 AM PDT by D_Idaho ("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...")
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