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  "path": "/2026/04/01/house-panel-pressed-to-accept-senate-bill-to-cut-number-of-youth-charged-as-adults/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-01T20:45:31.000Z",
  "site": "https://marylandmatters.org",
  "tags": [
    "Gov & Politics",
    "Justice",
    "adult court",
    "Cheltenham",
    "Del. Debra Davis",
    "Del. J. Sandy Bartlett",
    "Del. Kym Taylor",
    "Del. N. Scott Phillips",
    "juvenile court",
    "Maryland Youth Justice Coalition",
    "Sen. William C. Smith Jr.",
    "youth"
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  "textContent": "With one eye fixed on the calendar, supporters of a bill that would make it harder to charge juveniles as adults pressed a House committee to accept a clean Senate version of the bill to improve its chances of passage in the remaining days of the session.",
  "title": "House panel pressed to accept Senate bill to cut number of youth charged as adults"
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