{"id":2014,"date":"2023-03-15T13:19:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T18:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2014"},"modified":"2023-03-15T13:19:04","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T18:19:04","slug":"dem-bill-would-prevent-anyone-under-age-of-25-being-charged-with-murder-felony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2014","title":{"rendered":"Dem Bill Would Prevent Anyone Under Age of 25 Being Charged With Murder Felony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Because \u2018frontal lobes are not fully developed\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-54.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-2015\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-54.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-54.png 800w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-54-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-54-770x404.png 770w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-54-293x154.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-54-390x205.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rob Carr via Getty Images<a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2023\/03\/09\/dem-bill-would-prevent-anyone-under-age-of-25-being-charged-with-murder-felony\/#\"><\/a><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A new \u2018racial justice\u2019 bill introduced by Democrats in Maryland would prevent suspected criminals under the age of 25 being charged with felony murder under the justification that their frontal lobes are not fully developed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, really.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A felony murder occurs when someone is killed as a result of a felony crime, like if a getaway driver hits a pedestrian while fleeing the scene of a robbery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Democrats appear to think that it\u2019s racist to charge someone for that crime even if they are legally an adult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDemocratic Delegate Charlotte Crutchfield is looking to change that with her Youth Accountability and Safety Act, House Bill 1180,\u201d reports&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/foxbaltimore.com\/news\/local\/proposed-bill-would-prevent-anyone-under-25-with-being-charged-with-felony-murder\">Fox Baltimore<\/a>. \u201cSpecifically, Delegate Crutchfield wants that to apply to anyone under the age of 25.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bill was introduced after Governor Wes Moore\u2019s pick to run the Juvenile Justice Service, Vincent Schiraldi, argued that no one under the age of 21 should be introduced to the justice system because their frontal lobes are not fully developed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople between the ages of 18 and 25 are more developmentally similar to juveniles than they are to fully mature adults,\u201d Schiraldi previously told NPR. \u201cThey just are. And our justice system hasn\u2019t figured that out yet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Republican Delegate Susan McComas, an opponent of the new bill, pointed out the ludicrous dichotomy of how Democrats treat minors and young adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cProponents of the bill say that the human brain is not fully formed in the frontal lobes until age 25. But yet, we\u2019re doing other things in the general assembly, letting children vote earlier and earlier, letting them get hormone inducing drugs to change their sex,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Debate continues on bill preventing youth under 25 from facing felony murder charge\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bb7PrnaCasU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Debate continues on bill preventing youth under 25 from facing felony murder charge\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bb7PrnaCasU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>McComas cautioned that the passage of the bill would simply lead to another spike in crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf this bill passes, you\u2019re going to have kingpins, you\u2019re going to have gangs use juveniles to do their dirty work,\u201d she warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThough Crutchfield wants to go easy on black \u201cjuvenile\u201d adult murderers, she&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thedailyrecord.com\/2022\/04\/06\/house-democrats-pass-hate-crime-bill-over-gop-objections\/\">sponsored<\/a>&nbsp;a hate crime bill last year to expand harsh punishments for whites who commit \u201chate crimes\u201d against nonwhites and empower nonwhite victims to sue their white oppressors in civil court,\u201d writes&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/?id=63635\">Chris Menahan<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBlack murderers need \u201crestorative justice\u201d but whites who commit \u201cmicroaggressions\u201d must be locked up for life!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a related\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/?id=63634\">story<\/a>, community activist Morris \u201cBig Money Griff\u201d Griffin told the California Reparations Task Force that reparations is the only thing that will stop young black criminals looting liquor and jewelry stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walmart recently&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2023\/03\/07\/walmart-to-close-last-two-stores-in-crime-ridden-portland-after-wave-of-thefts\/\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;that it will be closing down its final two stores in Portland due to a massive spike in theft, while other big retailers are also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2023\/03\/08\/amazon-announces-store-closures-in-high-crime-cities\/\">shutting down<\/a>&nbsp;stories in high crime cities like Seattle, New York and San Francisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we highlight in the video below, passage of the Youth Accountability and Safety Act will only serve to exacerbate the utter lawlessness that has gripped the streets of major cities in blue states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"m a d  w o r l d 2\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kEWVzvYZOMM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"m a d  w o r l d 2\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kEWVzvYZOMM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2023\/03\/09\/dem-bill-would-prevent-anyone-under-age-of-25-being-charged-with-murder-felony\/\">https:\/\/summit.news\/2023\/03\/09\/dem-bill-would-prevent-anyone-under-age-of-25-being-charged-with-murder-felony\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because \u2018frontal lobes are not fully developed\u2019. A new \u2018racial justice\u2019 bill introduced by Democrats in Maryland would prevent suspected criminals under the age of 25 being charged with felony murder under the justification that their frontal lobes are not fully developed. Yes, really. A felony murder occurs when someone is killed as a result of a felony crime, like if a getaway driver hits a pedestrian while fleeing the scene of a robbery. 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