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Will my child be tried in adult court?
Will my child go to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Adult Operations (CDC) instead of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ)?
| Alert! A child who is 14 years old can be tried as an adult for some serious crimes. Their case will be in adult court. There are BIG differences between juvenile court and adult court. If the state wants to try your child as an adult, talk to a lawyer about what can happen. |
Will my child be tried in adult court?
A child who is 14 years old can be tried in adult court for some serious crimes. Here are some examples:
- Murder and attempted murder,
- Setting fire to a building with people in it,
- Robbery with a weapon,
- Rape,
- Kidnapping or carjacking,
- Crimes with guns,
- Drug crimes, and
- Escaping from a juvenile detention facility.
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Will my child go to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Adult Operations (CDC) instead of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ)?
Your child can only be sent to adult prison (CDC  ) if he or she is tried in adult court. If your child is tried in adult court, talk to a lawyer.
Even if your child is sentenced to adult prison, he or she will stay at the DJJ until he or she is at least 16.
If your child is at least 16, the judge can send him or her to adult prison. Or if your child's sentence ends before he or she turns 21, the judge can let them stay at the DJJ the whole time. If the sentence is longer, he or she will go to the CDC on their 18th birthday.
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