claim: north carolina could save "literally tens of millions of dollars" if it stopped prosecuting 16-year-olds as adults.
author: duane hall
evidence_1: may 3, 2017 ... north carolina is considering a new law to stop automatically prosecuting of 16-  and 17-year-olds as adults. ... in years past – said north carolina could save “ literally tens of millions of dollars” if it passed this bill into law.
evidence_2: north carolina could save "literally tens of millions of dollars" if it stopped  prosecuting 16-year-olds as adults. — politifact north carolina on friday,  january ...
evidence_3: jan 27, 2017 ... statement: says north carolina could save “literally tens of millions of dollars” if it  stopped prosecuting 16-year-olds as adults. ruling: hall is ...
evidence_4: of "30,000 individuals arrested a year for crimes that are 16 or 17, over 95  percent of them do not result in a criminal conviction. ... north carolina could  save "literally tens of millions of dollars" if it stopped prosecuting 16-year-olds as  adults.
evidence_5: mar 9, 2017 ... north carolina is one of only two states left in the nation that still charges and  prosecutes 16- and 17-year-olds as adults — the other is new york — and our ...  shown that juvenile systems save states literally tens of millions of dollars. ...  when we stop charging teens as adults we can ensure they receive the ...