Minimum Age Legislation in Virginia

[James Dold]

Good afternoon everyone, 

We've been working with several of our partner organizations in Virginia (RISE for Youth, LAJC, NJJN) to pass HB 1420/SB 23 which would establish a minimum age of 11 for prosecution of children. The bill has reached the Governor's Desk. If you're a resident of Virginia or know folks who are, please direct them to our Action Center where they can send an email/call/tweet to Governor Youngkin to urge him to sign the bill into law: 

https://www.votervoice.net/HRFK/Campaigns/99845/Respond

Also, the Richmond Times Dispatch ran this great piece by two of our board members, who are former prosecutors, in support of the reforms today: 

See attached for the PDF version. Thanks all!

-James

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James L. Dold, J.D.

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[James Dold]

Forgot to include the link to the story for those that would like to share on social media: 

https://richmond.com/opinion/column/young-children-should-not-be-criminalized/article_291463c0-d1be-11ee-8346-d3222e676305.html

Thanks all,

James