A California state senator wants people 19 and younger who have been accused of crimes to be always tried as juveniles.
Current California law says people aged 16 and 17 can only be tried as adults in certain circumstances. Now Sen. Nancy Skinner, a Democrat from Berkeley, this week introduced a bill on that would raise the age at which people are automatically tried as adults to age 20.
According to Skinner, neurological research found that impulse inhibition and organized, planned behavior is not yet developed in people as young as 19.
