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Wednesday, 23 October 2019 00:00 |
REGISTRATION for Impact of Gun Violence on Youth
As of 10/30 Charlotte's homicide count was up to 92, up from a total 58 in all of 2018. Eight five percent are the result of gun violence. In November we open our member meeting to the public to discuss how gun violence adversely affects the youth of our community. Join us Wednesday November 6 at the Children & Family Services Center uptown at 8:30 for this very important conversation.
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Tuesday, 19 March 2019 00:00 |
NC lawmakers ‘raised the age.’ Now they must pay for it
In 2017, our legislators wisely passed perhaps the most important legislation affecting N.C.’s juvenile court system in over 100 years. The “Raise the Age” legislation raised the age of juvenile court jurisdiction from 16 to 18, ending North Carolina’s distinction of being the very last state in the nation to automatically treat 16- and 17-year-olds as adults in court.
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