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Government

Sep. 15, 1999

Tough Juvenile Crime Bill Passed by Democrats

SACRAMENTO - In a last-ditch bid to ante up to a sweeping juvenile justice ballot initiative placed by former Republican Gov. Pete Wilson on the March 2000 ballot, Democratic lawmakers uncharacteristically have approved a bill that some are calling the toughest juvenile crime package ever to come out of the Legislature.

By Peter Blumberg
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SACRAMENTO - In a last-ditch bid to ante up to a sweeping juvenile justice ballot initiative placed by former Republican Gov. Pete Wilson on the March 2000 ballot, Democratic lawmakers uncharacteristically have approved a bill that some are calling the toughest juvenile crime package ever to come out o...

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