Modifying provisions related to individuals found to have committed criminal offenses when under the age of 18.

Summary

The bill changes Washington's juvenile sentencing system by allowing courts to use more community‑based sanctions and, in limited cases, to impose sentences outside the standard grid when a manifest injustice would result. It applies to youths under 18 who are adjudicated of criminal offenses, especially those facing long confinement for robbery, with the goal of reducing racial inequities and prison overcrowding.

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