In this Nov. 17, 2015 photo, juvenile detainees walk down a hallway at the King County Juvenile Detention Facility in Seattle, where they attend classes and also have access to outdoor recreation. For the past 20 years, it’s been up to county prosecutors across the state to decide which 16- and 17-year-olds accused of committing certain violent crimes are “auto declined” to adult, or superior, court and which ones are prosecuted in the juvenile system. (Ellen M. Banner /The Seattle Times via AP)
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