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Jersey City 16-Year-Old Sentenced as an Adult

By Lependorf & Silverstein

For a teenager to be sentenced as an adult is a serious matter which usually draws differing public opinion regarding whether justice has been served or if justice has gone too far. According to an nj.com article, a Jersey City teen, who is now 17-years-old, was 16 at the time he was arrested for holding a gun to a man?s head during a robbery. On October 29, 2009 the teen received a sentence as an adult amounting to six years in prison. Whether the teen will be held with other youthful offenders until he turns 18, or will be housed with the general population at the prison, is yet to be decided by New Jersey Department of Corrections Officials. Apparently, the teen had eight prior encounters with law enforcement before the alleged robbery with the gun...continue to full post

Full post as published by New Jersey Criminal Defense Blog on November 17, 2009 (boomark / email).