Violent and Repeat Juvenile Offender Accountability and Rehabilitation Act of 1999 (S.254)
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Congress passed this law in an effort to reduce juvenile crime and gang violence. In addition to giving money to local governments to develop programs to fight juvenile crime, the act allows federal attorneys to prosecute anyone age 14 or older charged with a federal offense as an adult. If convicted, juveniles can receive adult sentences and be sent to adult prisons. The one exception is that no person under the age of 18 can receive the death penalty.
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