Coalition backs Texas effort to raise age for juvenile offenders

Coalition backs Texas effort to raise age for juvenile offenders

Texans have to be 18 years old to vote, join the military or buy a lottery ticket. But when arrested for any crime from misdemeanor to felony, 17-year-olds are treated like adults, an inconsistency some legislators, judges and religious leaders hope to change.

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