North Carolina law grants police more power to release photos of juveniles suspected of violent crimes
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A new North Carolina state law would allow police in some cases to release photos of juveniles suspected of violent crimes like murder to help arrest the suspect.
House Bill 186, signed into law last week, allows a judge, or, in some cases, police to release a picture or mugshot of a teenage suspect in efforts to take them into custody, which was previously prohibited under state juvenile laws, according to local outlet WLOS.
In Dec. 2019, North Carolina was the last state to increase the age of a juvenile to 18, which allowed most offenders under 19 to be heard in juvenile court.
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