Opinion ID: 3037189
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Text: that would be authorized by section 3581(b) if the juvenile had been tried and convicted as an adult. Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, Pub. L. No. 98-473, § 214, 98 Stat. 1987, 2013 (1984) (codified at 18 U.S.C. § 5037(c)). Finally, the Youth Corrections Act (“YCA”) was passed in 1950 “to make available for the discretionary use of the Federal judges a system for the sentencing and treatment of per- sons under the age of 22 years who have been convicted of crime . . . that will promote the rehabilitation of those who . . . show promise of becoming useful citizens . . . .” H.R. Rep. No. 81-2979 (1950), reprinted in 1950 U.S.C.C.S. 3983, 3983. The YCA shared the FJDA’s emphasis on rehabilitation. Compare Dorszynski v. United States, 418 U.S. 424, 433 (1974) (observing that the YCA “focused primarily on correction and rehabilitation”), with United States v. Juvenile, 347 F.3d 778, 785 (9th Cir. 2003) (discussing the FJDA’s rehabilitative purpose). If a court determined that a person under age 22 should be classified as a “youth offender,” the YCA authorized the court, “in lieu of the penalty of imprisonment otherwise provided by law, [to] sentence the youth offender to the custody of the Attorney General for treatment and supervision . . . .” Act of Sept. 30, 1950, Pub. L. No. 81-865, § 5010, reprinted in 1950 U.S.C.C.S. 1079, 1080.1 The Sentencing 1 The FJDA and the YCA addressed different populations. The FJDA applies to individuals under age 18, while the YCA applied to individuals 4988 JONAH R. v. CARMONA Reform Act of 1984, which also revised the FJDA, repealed the YCA. See Pub. L. No. 98-473, § 218(a), 98 Stat. 1987, 2027 (1984).