Allows juvenile to be tried as adult for committing homicide against law enforcement officer.
This bill revises the juvenile waiver law to allow a juvenile to be tried as an adult for committing criminal homicide against a law enforcement officer. Specifically, the court shall waive jurisdiction and refer the case to the appropriate court if there is probable cause to believe the juvenile committed a delinquent act that would constitute criminal homicide, and the victim was a law enforcement officer murdered while performing official duties. The court may deny a motion to waive jurisdiction if it is convinced that seeking the waiver is an abuse of the prosecutor’s discretion.
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