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Utah House backs juvenile justice bill widening juvenile-court options, retaining adult transfer for murder charges
Summary
The House passed a substitute for HB 384 that preserves automatic transfer for 16- and 17-year-olds charged with murder while giving judges new options to keep younger defendants in the juvenile system and to retain jurisdiction longer. Sponsors said changes aim to increase rehabilitative services and align probable-cause standards.
The Utah House on March 9 passed a second substitute to House Bill 384, a package of juvenile justice amendments that its sponsor said will expand juvenile-court options while preserving automatic transfer to adult court in the most serious murder cases.
Representative Snow, who sponsored the measure, told colleagues the bill contains six substantive changes, the most consequential of which affects how youths aged 14 to 16 can be handled when charged with serious offenses. The measure does not…
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