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Juvenile justice bills would treat more Tennessee kids as adults

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This story was originally published by the Nashville Banner. Sign up for their newsletter. Tennessee Republican lawmakers have introduced a handful of bills that would create harsher consequences for juvenile criminal offenses and allow more teens to be tried as adults. The Republican-controlled state legislature reconvened last week, and the bills come as Metro Nashville Police Department officials have told residents frustrated by car break-in…

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Juvenile justice bills would treat more Tennessee kids as adults

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Tennessee lawmakers push for tougher juvenile justice laws - Nashville Banner

Tennessee Republican lawmakers have introduced a handful of bills that would create harsher consequences for juvenile criminal offenses and allow more teens to be tried as adults. The Republican-controlled state legislature reconvened last week, and the bills come as Metro Nashville Police Department officials have told residents frustrated by car break-ins and other crimes that the state’s juvenile justice laws are too lax. Nashville police m…

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