Tough-on-crime bill imposing adult sentences on juveniles heads to Gov. Bill Lee’s desk

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by Anita Wadhwani, Tennessee Lookout Teens as young as 14 years old who commit serious crimes in Tennessee will face up to five years of adult incarceration or probation once their juvenile sentence ends under a bill now awaiting Gov. Bill Lee’s likely signature. The measure also requires juvenile court judges to automatically transfer 16- and 17- year olds facing first and second degree murder, or attempted murder, to adult court. The so-called…