Youth advocates call on governor to veto Juvenile Reform Act
Youth advocates held a rally Thursday night calling on Gov. Wes Moore to veto House Bill 814, otherwise known as the Juvenile Reform Act. The Maryland Youth Justice Coalition, which works to try and stop children from being involved in the legal system, spearheaded the rally. "It expands jurisdiction for our youngest kids, 10 to 12-year-olds. It makes them eligible to be prosecuted, to even be detained," said Erin Seagears, assistant public defender for Anne Arundel County's Juvenile Division. "This bill literally makes it possible for us to put our children, our ten-year-old children, these are elementary school children detained in a juvenile detention facility."
