Lawmaker seeks to end Texas prosecution of 17-year-olds as adults

Lawmaker seeks to end Texas prosecution of 17-year-olds as adults

As more states come in line with the federal standards that mark the age of adulthood at 18, state Rep. Gene Wu believes that this is the year Texas will stop prosecuting 17-year-olds as adults. Wu and another Houston Democratic lawmaker have filed a pair of bills that would do just that.

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