SPEEDING UP JUVIE JUSTICE

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Date Added: May 13, 2008 08:32:27 PM

Juveniles arrested for a crime on a weekend will no longer have to wait until Monday to see a judge under a new protocol announced yesterday by Mayor Bloomberg. "To take a young person and put them in a situation where all they can do is learn bad things or be preyed upon is just not in society's interest," said the mayor. Starting May 31, kids under 16 arrested in any of the five boroughs on ...

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