Michael Blake: “I was part of the team in the legislature when I was in the…”

“And so we're taking and making the right steps, but we have to make sure that we also don't harm our criminal justice reforms. I was part of the team in the legislature when I was in the assembly for six years where we focused on raise the age so that 16 and 17 year olds were not tried as adults any longer in criminal court. because they are a kid. And given that recognition there, speedy trial, open discovery, we took those steps there. But now we also have to go further steps.” (26:44–26:55)

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