Requires children under the age of seventeen to be prosecuted for most criminal offenses in juvenile courts unless the child is certified as an adult

Summary

The bill makes the juvenile justice system the default venue for prosecuting anyone younger than 17 for most criminal offenses. Only if a court formally certifies the youth as an adult can the case be moved to adult court. It replaces a large group of existing statutes with new sections to enforce this rule.

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