Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday appointed a 16-member commission to provide “concrete, actionable recommendations” on juvenile justice, with the aim of raising the age of criminal responsibility.

New York remains one of two states—North Carolina is the other—which treats 16- and 17-year-old offenders as adults. Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman has advocated increasing the age of criminal responsibility for less serious offenses, an idea Cuomo endorsed in his State of the State address in January.

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