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Twenty years ago, juveniles committed 30% of all felony arrests. Today, juveniles commit only 15% of all felonies. This is not because they are committing fewer crimes. Narrator Mark Wahlberg point...

Twenty years ago, juveniles committed 30% of all felony arrests. Today, juveniles commit only 15% of all felonies. This is not because they are committing fewer crimes. Narrator Mark Wahlberg points out that over 200,000 children are sent through the adult court system each year. The film follows 12 juveniles, who were all prosecuted as adults. The filmmakers taught a video production class to kids in Eastlake Central Juvenile Hall, Los Angeles to encourage them to open up about their lives and the choices they made that brought them to juvenile hall.

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