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Originally posted by Peaches
Unfortunately it usually depends on how good a lawyer they have and how much $$$ they have.  16-17 year olds aren't automatically treated as an adult if they have committed a crime - it must go before a judge and a decision to treat them as an adult must be made by the judge.
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Sigh...
Where we lived in Georgia...the cops were pretty big on treating kids as adults, especially if they committed adult type crimes..so, I guess we'll see..and, you're right about the lawyering up part....
Let's hope the judge sees this for what it is....