https://aclumoelectionhub.org/prosecutors/
Most of what prosecutors do have an indirect impact on the children because the adults in their lives end up incarcerated and separated from them.
However, prosecutors also make decisions about which juvenile offenders get tried as adults.
In August a Missouri House committee voted to raise the age of certifying juvenile offenders as adults to a minimum of 16 years old, upped from 14. The bill expanded the crimes that make juveniles eligible for adult prison to include armed criminal action with an underlying felony; and unlawful use of a weapon and removes drug offenses from the list of crimes that make juveniles eligible for certification as adults.
I do not believe that children these ages should be locked up in adult prisons. We need to have prosecutors that will keep children in the juvenile system.
I came across a lot of this information after my previous blog and wanted to put it out there.
I cannot stress enough how important it is that we put our children first in every level of government. We the voters have to let our candidates know that they need to make children a priority.
BE FOR KIDS 