The Georgia House passed a bill to create a special committee to study raising the age of juvenile court jurisdiction to include 17-year-olds, while stopping short of preventing them from being tried as adults.
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The Georgia House passed a bill to create a special committee to study raising the age of juvenile court jurisdiction to include 17-year-olds, while stopping short of preventing them from being tried as adults.