Rachel Mitchell: “If it's so serious, then we will prosecute them as an adult.”

“Obviously, the purpose of juvenile court is to rehabilitate. And so you want to look at, you know, how can we stop this individual from going into an adult life of crime? And, but If it's so serious, then we will prosecute them as an adult. and we just have to take a look at those case by case and make those decisions, guided, of course, by the law that distinguishes. There's two of them.” (05:52–05:57)

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