Senators clash over bill to lower age requirements to detain, charge youth offenders
Gov. Jim Pillen, the Douglas County Attorney and law enforcement say the bill will protect the community and the youth offender. Those who oppose the bill say the state has its priorities wrong.
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Opposition rises to Pillen-led push to detain juvenile offenders in Nebraska as young as 11
A proposed law would give prosecutors and judges new authority to put Nebraskans as young as 11 in detention facilities and let them charge certain 12-year-olds as adults, the Nebraska Examiner ...