Youth charged as adults are more likely to reoffend than youth that go through the juvenile courts. And that's not speculation. It's what decades of data show. Now, The CDC reviewed the evidence and found that sending kids to adult prisons increases violence, does not reduce it. And the National Research Council concluded that keeping punishment in line with age is the best way to prevent future offending. Now, every shred of research says the same thing. (14:40–14:49)
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