Sentences with phrase «age of criminal responsibility so»

The budget's details have not yet been released but lawmakers say it will include increased college tuition assistance and a higher age of criminal responsibility so 16 - and 17 - year - old offenders aren't prosecuted and incarcerated as adults.

More than 200 members of the clergy from around New York state are writing to urge Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers to raise the age of criminal responsibility so fewer juvenile offenders end up in adult prisons.

Another provision, a priority for Democrats, would raise the age of criminal responsibility so 16 - and 17 - year - old offenders aren't automatically prosecuted or incarcerated as adults.

Religious leaders say they have written to Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers to raise the age of criminal responsibility so fewer juvenile offenders end up in adult prisons.

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The age of criminal responsibility was set at 16 in 1962 on a «tentative» basis so it could be further studied.

Lawmakers have agreed to a provision that would increase the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 18 in New York — one of the last states to do so — after lawmakers settled differences over post-release supervision.

We also raised the age of criminal responsibility in our state so that 16 and 17 year olds will no longer be prosecuted as adults.

«By coming together, we reversed this injustice and raised the age of criminal responsibility once and for all so that 16 - and 17 - year - olds are no longer automatically processed as adults,» he said in a statement.

Earlier this year, Cuomo said he would push to increase the age of criminal responsibility to 18 so that 16 - and 17 - year - olds could no longer be prosecuted as adults.

At 16, you are above the age of criminal responsibility, so your age becomes largely irrelevant.

The age of criminal responsibility was set at 16 in 1962 on a «tentative» basis so it could be further studied.