Assertion: juvenile | /r/HasProperty | transferred to adult court
Facets:
value: according to statute
type: OTHER
value: immediately
type: MANNER
value: automatically
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Of the approximately 2,500 JLWOP sentences in the United States, around 400 or so were awarded in Pennsylvania, which is what is known in juvenile sentencing terms as a "double mandatory" state: juveniles involved in a homicide are automatically transferred to adult court and tried as adults ("adult crime, adult time") and both first- and second-degree murder convictions carry mandatory LWOP sentences.
text: Some juveniles may be waived, or transferred, into adult court.
text: Juveniles may also be immediately transferred to an adult court according to statute (“Statutory Exclusion”), or they may be tried in both adult and juvenile courts at the same time (“Concurrent Jurisdiction”).