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Raise the Age
October 28, 2014 @ 8:30 am - 10:00 am
“Raise the Age”
October 28, 2014
8:30 AM
Jay Heritage Center
210 Boston Post Road, Rye, N.Y.
Keynote Speaker:
Hon. Jonathan Lippman
Chief Judge of New York State
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“It is high time that we change the way the justice system responds to 16- and 17-year-olds accused of non-violent crimes. Every year, as many as 50,000 youths aged 16 and 17 are arrested in New York and prosecuted in our criminal courts, overwhelmingly for minor crimes. We are one of only two states in the nation that prosecutes 16- and 17-year-olds as adults.
Treating 16- and 17-year-olds as adults flies in the face of what science tells us about adolescent development. The adolescent brain is not fully matured. Even older adolescents have a more limited ability to make reasoned judgments and engage in the kind of thinking that weighs risks and consequences in a mature fashion. The adult criminal justice system is simply not designed to address the special problems and needs of 16- and 17-year-olds.”
— Judge Jonathan Lippman