17-year-old offenders will no longer be considered adults in Missouri

ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) — Teenagers aged 17 will no longer be prosecuted as adults in Missouri. 

A new law just went into effect on New Year’s Day. It states that the criminal justice system in Missouri will consider 17-year-olds to be juveniles – instead of adults – as they had been before. 

But in certain cases, courts will still be able to certify defendants younger than 18 as adults.

Missouri passed the age-change law back in 2018 but it just took effect this year.

via: https://www.kmov.com/news/17-year-old-offenders-will-no-longer-be-considered-adults-in-missouri/article_07b4de7e-4e47-11eb-a07b-17162bef637b.html

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