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Effort to raise age of criminal responsibility in Massachusetts gets boost from Boston Celtics

The effort to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 18 to 20 in Massachusetts got a big boost Wednesday from a star of the Boston Celtics… "Society continues to evolve. I think the system that serves it should evolve as well," he said. Brown joined lawmakers making the push to keep young people ages 18 to 20 in the juvenile system. "It makes all the sense in the world. I think all of us in this room, including myself, were one decision away from, you know, being in a different situation," Brown said.

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