Coalition backs Texas effort to raise age for juvenile offenders

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Texans have to be 18 years old to vote, join the military or buy a lottery ticket. But when arrested for any crime from misdemeanor to felony, 17-year-olds are treated like adults, an inconsistency some legislators, judges and religious leaders hope to change.

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