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Why is 18 the age for being sentenced as adult

Vincent Schiraldi, commissioner of the NYC Department of Probation

Should Young Adult Offenders Be Treated More Like Juveniles?

By Gary Gately | June 5, 2014

If brain development continues until about age 25 why does the U.S. criminal justice system continue to treat these young people as if they’re fully developed adults?

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