Clearly some crimes by some older juveniles deserve more punishment than the juvenile courts can administer.

In order to qualify, states would have to allow most juveniles 15 and older who commit serious violent crimes to be tried in adult courts.

He said the State Legislature has directed prosecutors to try juveniles 14 and older as adults in certain violent crimes.

It also includes violent crimes committed by juveniles 16 years and older, which the Washington measure does not.

The committee says 5,000 to 8,000 prisoners are still being held without trial, including 2,000 to 3,200 juveniles, 9 to 18 years old.

The youngest sharks generally inhabit shallower water than the older juveniles and adults.

There is considerable parental investment by this species, with both parents, as well as older juveniles, helping to raise the young.

Now hear this, all juveniles 18 years old and younger in this pleasant North Shore village.

Most of the cold-stunned turtles found here are juveniles, three to five years old.

Preserving editors' flexibility to name juveniles 12 and older would seem wise to me - still, only with clearance by a masthead editor.