//NC Senate bill would raise declared juvenile delinquency age

NC Senate bill would raise declared juvenile delinquency age

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Children ages 6 to 9 in trouble with the law in North Carolina could no longer be declared criminally responsible in juvenile court in legislation approved unanimously on Thursday by the state Senate.

The <a target="&mdash;blank" href="https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S207v2.pdf">bill,</a> which now goes to the House, would raise