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ELI 5 How it is legal if a person commits a crime like lets say theft at 16. Then the courts drag their feet so they turn 18 and charge them like an adult?

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ELI 5 How it is legal if a person commits a crime like lets say theft at 16. Then the courts drag their feet so they turn 18 and charge them like an adult?

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How is it legal? The law makes charging a minor as an adult legal.

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