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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6906
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2875
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. KLARIDES, 114
th Dist.
REP. CANDELORA, 86
th Dist.
REP. O’DEA, 125
th Dist.
REP. O’NEILL, 69
th Dist.
REP. KOKORUDA, 101
st Dist.
REP. ZUPKUS, 89
th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING ADULTS COERCING JUVENILES TO COMMIT
GANG-RELATED CRIMES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 53a of the general statutes be amended to make it a 1
criminal offense for any adult to coerce or conspire with a juvenile to 2
commit a gang-related crime if the adult has knowledge that such 3
juvenile is under eighteen years of age and the adult has coerced or 4
conspired with the juvenile with the knowledge and intention that the 5
juvenile will face a reduced criminal penalty due to the juvenile's age, 6
to provide that such offense shall be a class D felony and to further 7
provide that a state's attorney shall not be precluded from charging a 8
person charged under such offense with any other charge available to 9
the state's attorney. 10
Statement of Purpose:
To prevent adult offenders from utilizing juveniles in the commission
of gang-related crimes.