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July 19, 2013
UPDATE:
We expect the raise the age legislation to come to the House floor before the session adjourns! It important that you jump into action and call your House member TODAY.
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TAKE ACTION: Please call and write your member of the House. Here are a few helpful talking points:
- We all want our kids to learn from their mistakes, go to school and get good jobs.
- North Carolina remains one of only two states that prosecutes ALL 16- and 17-year-olds as adults, no matter how minor the offense.
- Raising the age in North Carolina will be a gradual process taking place over a period of multiple years to spread the impact of the legislation on the budget and ensure a smooth implementation.
- Raising the age means improved job opportunities for the thousands of 16 and 17-year-old misdemeanants who would live without an adult criminal record.
- These youth could then get better jobs, earn more, and contribute further to North Carolina's economy over their lifetime.
- Most states have found that the actual cost of implementing this policy was much less than projected.
- Research is clear: youth handled in the juvenile system recidivate far less than youth in the adult system. Less crime means a huge savings for tax payers and more people at work making our economy strong.
- I ask you, on behalf of taxpayers in your district, to support bipartisan legislation to Raise the Age of juvenile jurisdiction (HB 725).
For more information, click here to access the HB 725 fact sheet for the fiscal justification for raising the age in NC.
TAKE ACTION: Sign our petition to raise the age of juvenile jurisdiction in NC.
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