Criminal
Mar. 31, 2005
Ruling Stresses Judges' Discretion in Juvenile Cases
SAN FRANCISCO - A state appeal court sent the case of a 17-year-old boy who sexually abused children back to juvenile court Tuesday because in committing the boy to nearly nine years in the California Youth Authority, the judge failed to exercise her discretion under a new law setting maximum terms.
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