When you get someone who's charged with capital murder because of what federal law says, it's not like they're ever facing the death penalty. Because federal law says you can't do it. So I'm like, this makes life really complicated. And You always have an option to certify young people who, say, have a significant juvenile record. And that kind of, you can always certify somebody. So it's not that you can't charge somebody as an adult, but why were we starting there? (05:09–05:16)
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Asserts that there is an option to certify juveniles as adults if they have significant juvenile records.
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