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Save More Kids from the Harsh Adult System!
Currently, the law defines children as individuals under the age of 18. Yet in Maryland, children as young as 14 can be automatically charged as adults for certain offenses, and 16 and 17 year olds are automatically charged as adults for 33 different criminal offenses. Children charged as adults – even if their case is eventually transferred down to juvenile court – spend months and sometimes years in the adult legal system awaiting their court date.
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