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South Carolina Expands Juvenile to Adult Trial Law
A new state law in South Carolina allows 14 to 16 year olds charged with crimes carrying 15 year penalties to be tried as adults. Prosecutors gain broader power to waive juveniles to adult court for serious offenses such as kidnapping drug trafficking armed robbery and voluntary manslaughter. Convicts serve in adult state facilities with longer set sentences and prosecutors claim this reduces repeated offenses by violent youths.
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