Children as young as six years old can be charged and go to juvenile court in North Carolina. According to the Winston-Salem Journal, a six-year-old boy was recently charged with injury to real property for picking a tulip from a yard at his bus stop. Julie Boyer, the boy's attorney, said his attention span was short, so she had him color a picture during court proceedings. The 2020 North Carolina Tsk Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice report recommends raising the age to 12. The National Juvenile Justice Network recommends a rise to the age of 14. 'A 6-year-old … we're talking […]
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