In one state, a young person accused of a serious offense may be sent to a juvenile facility focused on treatment and rehabilitation. Josh Green requires judges to consider a child’s history of trauma before deciding whether to transfer a juvenile case to adult court. Previously, only a juvenile officer or court could request a hearing to transfer a case to adult court. The new law preserves automatic adult court jurisdiction for teens 16 and older accused of offenses punishable by life imprisonment, including homicide and rape. Judges will retain the authority to transfer 14- and 15-year-olds accused of those same life-punishable offenses to adult court under the state’s existing transfer procedures.