Chief Judge Willie M. Saunders said juvenile cases have increased in severity over the last two decades. Nineteen children caught up in the Augusta Judicial Circuit are awaiting Superior Court hearings for charges such as murder, armed robbery and aggravated child molestation. “When I did this 15-20 years ago, my average criminal case was a criminal trespass, shoplifting and maybe […]
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