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You have permission to edit this article.Welcome,JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is asking lawmakers to approve legislation that would allow judges to decide whether a child between the ages of 12 and 18 should be tried as an adult in court for unlawful use of weapons and armed criminal action.This comes two years after legislators passed a measure that raised the age to be tried as an adult from 17 to 18 years old, the reported. Parson is asking the General Assembly to approve the legislation in a special session.Police and prosecutors support the change, but groups like the American Civil Liberties Union and Empower Missouri oppose it.“When it comes to gun usage by youth, it has actually surged. We’re seeing youngsters that are carrying at a greater rate today,” St. Louis Public Safety Director Jimmie Edwards told members of a Senate committee Tuesday.Jeanette Mott Oxford, executive director of social justice organization Empower Missouri, said youths should not be in adult courts or prisons.“Juveniles should be diverted to age-appropriate remedies, not to hearings on whether they will stand trial as adults,” Oxford added.The proposal is part of a crime package that would also change child endangerment laws by including when a person aids or encourages a child younger than 17 to commit a weapons offense. It also includes a harsher penalty for anyone who sells or delivers a firearm to a juvenile without parental consent.For copyright information, check with the distributor of this item, St. Louis Post-Dispatch.×××Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd,racist or sexually-oriented language.PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.Don't Threaten. Threats of harming anotherperson will not be tolerated.Be Truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyoneor anything.Be Nice. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ismthat is degrading to another person.Be Proactive. Use the 'Report' link oneach comment to let us know of abusive posts.Share with Us. We'd love to hear eyewitnessaccounts, the history behind an article.© Copyright 2020 (A Meredith Corporation Station), One Memorial Drive St. Louis, MO&nbsp;| &nbsp;| &nbsp;|Powered by from .

You have permission to edit this article.Welcome,JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is asking lawmakers to approve legislation that would allow judges to decide whether a child between the ages of 12 and 18 should be tried as an adult in court for unlawful use of weapons and armed criminal action.This comes two years after legislators passed a measure that raised the age to be tried as an adult from 17 to 18 years old, the reported. Parson is asking the General Assembly to approve the legislation in a special session.Police and prosecutors support the change, but groups...

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