Juvenile justice bill to pull kids from court stalls in House | Charlotte Observer A bipartisan group of state lawmakers wants to raise the age at which North Carolina children can face criminal charges from 6 to 10 years old, but the proposal has been stalled for the last two months. Rep. Danny Britt, a Robeson County Republican and one of the primary sponsors of Senate Bill 207, says he isn’t worried. “I think it is something that’s still got momentum,” Britt said in an interview last week. “We’ll see movement here shortly. We still have a lot of time.” Advocates say young children lack the mental capacity to understand the juvenile justice process ... Continue reading... https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article251747953.html Find in Internet Archives [google]Juvenile justice bill to pull kids from court stalls in House | Charlotte Observer[/google]
