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Number of underage murder suspects doubles as NYPD grapples with ‘deficient’ juvenile criminal justice system

By Tina Moore, Craig McCarthy and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
January 25, 2023

Big Apple cops are grappling with a “deficient” juvenile criminal justice system that treats young offenders with kid gloves — even as the city faces a twofold jump in the number of underage accused killers, NYPD officials told The Post.

Authorities said the state’s “Raise the Age” statute has led to a decline in overall arrests and more slap-on-the-wrist “juvenile reports” — the equivalent of a ticket that carries no criminal consequences for suspected teen offenders.

“We’ve been able to take 16- and 17-year-olds in Raise the Age and not criminalize it by doing juvenile reports,” outgoing NYPD Assistant Commissioner Kevin O’Connor, in charge of the department’s youth division, said in an exclusive interview Wednesday.

“We’re not even giving them a little timeout, so to speak. And that’s where Raise the Age is really failing our kids. The recidivism is skyrocketing.”

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/01/25/nypd-dealing-with-new-deficient-juvenile-criminal-justice-system/