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Boston Globe supports raising the age: The Boston Globe ran the following editorial on Sunday:
Keep 17-year-olds out of adult prisons APRIL 14, 2013 | Under Massachusetts law, 17-year-olds are treated as adults in the criminal justice system. A sensible effort is underway in the Legislature to raise that age of juvenile jurisdiction to 18.
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Massachusetts is one of only 11 states that automatically tries and sentences 17-year-olds accused of crimes as adults. This is true even when their crimes are minor and non-violent – as the vast majority are. A strong movement is growing in Massachusetts to include 17-year-olds in the juvenile justice system, led by the Justice for Kids campaign.
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