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Louisiana legislature advances constitutional amendment allowing more juveniles to be tried as adults (www.jurist.org)

submitted 14 hours ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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Louisiana’s Republican controlled Legislature has approved a constitutional amendment that would empower legislators to expand the number of crimes in which juveniles between 14 and 16 years old can tried as adults.

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[–] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

This is kind of a shit article. It doesn't even mention what kind of crimes would be included. Unless it's all felonies, I guess.

[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

<...> would grant legislators the authority, with a two-thirds vote, to determine which juvenile crimes can be transferred to adult courts.

Amendment itself wouldn't apply to any crime/law, it just gives the authority to legislators to decide on per crime/law basis which they can't do now because of constitution.