North Carolina has the youngest age minimum where children can be criminally charged. A six-year-old boy in the state was recently charged with injury to real property for picking a tulip from a yard at his bus stop. Julie Boyer, the boy’s attorney, said his attention span was short, so she had him color a picture during court proceedings. The 2020 North Carolina Tsk Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice report recommends raising the age to 12. The National Juvenile Justice Network recommends a rise to the age of 14. BNC Start Your Day hosts Sharon Reed and Mike hill discussed the arrest of children and North Carolina’s system. “North Carolina, look at your life,” Reed said. Hill chimed in, adding that the arrest could impact the child’s cognitive skills in the future.
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