Delaware’s new attorney general Matt Denn wants to guarantee prison time for young repeat offenders who are caught with a gun.
The legislation would ensure jail time even if the first felony occurred when the perpetrator was 16 or 17 years old.
Under current law a juvenile’s conviction for a violent crime cannot not be counted once he or she reaches adulthood.
Sentencing ranges from one to 10 years for the possession of a firearm by felons but does not currently count crimes committee as a teenager.
State senator Bruce Ennis, who co-author of the bill, said that the state is holding people accountable who don’t learn from mistakes made at an early age.
