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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    1 month ago

    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.

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      1 month 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.