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youthful offender
[ yooth-fuhl uh-fen-der ]
noun
- a young delinquent, especially a first offender, usually from 14 to 21 years old, whom the court tries to correct and guide rather than to punish as a criminal.
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Eis is considered a youthful offender and will be eligible for a parole hearing after serving 24 years, prosecutor Amber Lee previously told The Times.
But because he is considered a youthful offender, Eis will be eligible for a parole hearing after serving 24 years in prison, prosecutor Amber Lee said in an interview.
A judge transferred Chamdual’s case to adult criminal court in December under the recommendation that he be granted “youthful offender status.”
Davis, 20, has sought youthful offender status and since then court files for Davis have been sealed.
Boynton said he will recommend Alston be placed in the youthful offender program at the Patuxent Institution, which typically takes six to seven years to complete, according to earlier testimony in the case, and has its own parole program that allows those detained to be released.
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