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"Children who are sent to adult court now, they don't come back better. They don't come back rehabilitated... but the aim of the adult system is not that. It's not designed for that and it's not capable of that... I represented kids across the state in adult jails. They don't go to school. They don't receive any education. They sit in a cell all day. If anything, they learn negative lessons from the other men who are incarcerated around them."⁠ ⁠ πŸ”΅πŸŸ  πŸ”΅πŸŸ β  ⁠ Our Deputy Legal Director, Hannah Van De Car provided testimony during today's Administration of Criminal Justice (ACJ) Committee meeting on SB 2, a constitutional amendment that if passed can lead to children of any age being transferred to adult court for any offense, whether violent or non-violent.⁠ ⁠ Despite both powerful and informative testimony from many in opposition from across the state, the bill passed the ACJ with 7 yays and 3 nays. It now heads to the Civil Law Committee tomorrow for 10AM and could head to the House f...

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