Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman yesterday said that within the next three months he will establish adult criminal court parts exclusively dedicated to handling cases of 16- and 17-year-old offenders in an effort to demonstrate that the age of criminal responsibility can safely and economically be raised.
In those courts, specially trained judges will bring a Family Court/rehabilitation focus to cases involving non-violent teens.
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