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Senate pulls bill that would have required courts to weigh childhood trauma in juvenile transfers and sentencing
Summary
Senate Bill 458, which would have required judges to consider adverse childhood experiences and allowed limited deviations from mandatory minimums with prosecutorial consent, was pulled for further work after extended testimony from juvenile‑justice advocates, judges and prosecutors.
Senate Bill 458, a juvenile justice measure that would have required courts to explicitly consider childhood trauma, foster‑care involvement and human trafficking history when deciding transfers to adult court and when sentencing, was withdrawn from consideration by the sponsor after extensive testimony.
Sponsor State Senator Greg Letting and advocacy group Human Rights for Kids framed the bill as a way to ensure courts account for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) during transfer hearings and adult sentencing. Emily Virgen, director of advocacy and government relations at Human Rights for Kids, summarized a survey of incarcerated people convicted of crimes committed as…
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