{"id":2270259,"date":"2024-06-18T07:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T11:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/governor-requests-more-money-for-juvenile-justice-system-via-veto\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T07:59:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T11:59:57","slug":"governor-requests-more-money-for-juvenile-justice-system-via-veto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/governor-requests-more-money-for-juvenile-justice-system-via-veto\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor seeks additional funds for juvenile justice through veto"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgovernor-requests-more-money-for-juvenile-justice-system-via-veto%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2270259&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>As the state budget adjustment deadline \u200dapproaches in North Carolina, \u200cGovernor Roy Cooper utilized his\u2063 veto power late on a Friday to send a message to the legislature,\u200d asking for \u2063more investment in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesotas-new-social-studies-curriculum-would-racialize-first-graders-teach-high-schoolers-about-the-evils-of-whiteness-capitalism-and-christianity\/\" title=\"Minnesota\u2019s New Social Studies Curriculum Would Racialize First-Graders, Teach High Schoolers About The Evils Of \u2018Whiteness, Capitalism, And Christianity\u2019\">juvenile justice system<\/a>. His veto \u200ctargeted\u200d legislation \u200dthat intended to alter\u200d the criteria defining delinquent \u200bjuveniles and the process for transferring juvenile cases to adult court. Governor Cooper\u2019s veto marks the 21st of \u200cthe current two-year legislative\u200b session, setting a personal record of 96 vetoes over his tenure. This is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-presses-congress-for-33-billion-more-in-ukraine-aid\/\" title=\"Biden Presses Congress For  Billion More In Ukraine Aid\">significant increase compared<\/a> to his predecessors, with former \u2064Governor Bev Perdue holding 20 vetoes. The current legislature has successfully overridden all of Cooper\u2019s vetoes this session when they hold a three-fifths majority.\u2064 The state had previously experienced delays in meeting budget deadlines,\u2063 notably last year&#8217;s $60.7 billion spending\u200d plan that was finalized three months late. This year, legislators are expected to make adjustments to this\u2064 budget by the upcoming Sunday week.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 With less than two weeks to the deadline for state budget adjustments, North Carolina\u2019s governor sent another fiscal request at closing time Friday using his veto stamp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Legislature should invest significantly more in our juvenile justice system to ensure resources are available to help prevent crimes and appropriately deal with children who break the law,\u201d Gov. Roy Cooper said in his veto message of a bill that modifies the definition of delinquent juvenile and process for transferring cases for trial as adults.<\/p>\n<p>The 21st veto of this two-year session extended his office record to 96. For context, former Gov. Bev Perdue is next with 20, and <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.ncleg.gov\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/06\/VetoStats.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Cooper passed that in his first session of 2017-18<\/strong><\/a>. The Legislature is 19-for-19 overriding Cooper vetoes this session, 42-for-42 against Cooper when Republicans have the three-fifths majority in each chamber as is now, and 0-for-13 when they do not.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers were tardy last year meeting the June 30 deadline for the two-year budget. Ultimately, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/north_carolina\/article_fdba69ec-5984-11ee-be07-d35a72f1d88d.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>$60.7 billion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-mcconnell-democrats-are-jamming-us-with-covid-19-relief\/\" title=\"Sen. McConnell: Democrats are jamming us with COVID-19 relief\">spending plan<\/a><\/strong><\/a> was settled upon Sept. 22. By Sunday week, adjustments to that spending plan are to be enacted. If unable to meet the deadline, previous plans remain active and there is no stoppage of government.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper\u2019s veto message didn\u2019t include a specific amount of money for the juvenile justice system.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal involves 16- and 17-year-olds accused of serious crimes, and Cooper said it runs afoul of the 5-year-old Raise the Age law. Automatic prosecution in adult court and teen mistakes sticking for a lifetime were benefits of that law, supporters said. Resources and protection of criminal records were other pluses.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Danny Britt, R-Robeson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncleg.gov\/BillLookUp\/2023\/h834\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>leading the push for House Bill 834<\/strong><\/a>, according to published reports says high-level felonies headed to adult court anyway are clogging the system. He also supported, and still does, the Raise the Age law. A former prosecutor himself, as is Cooper, Britt is seeking efficiency in the justice system.<\/p>\n<p>Only Sens. Mary Wills Bode, D-Granville, Lisa Grafstein, D-Wake, Natalie Murdock, D-Durham, and Gladys Robinson, D-Guilford, voted against the measure in the upper chamber. Rep. John Faircloth, R-Guilford, was the only Republican joining 33 Democrats against the bill in the House.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper, lame duck as a term-limited leader, <a href=\"https:\/\/webservices.ncleg.gov\/ViewBillDocument\/2023\/8881\/0\/H834-BD-NBC-12173\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>holds significant sway in his party<\/strong><\/a>. Past vetoes of legislation supported by fellow Democrats has often led to changed votes come time for an override. Nineteen of 20 Democratic senators \u2013 Sen. DeAndrea Salvador, D-Mecklenburg, is the exception \u2013 and 32 of 48 Democratic representatives have done so this session, led by six changes from Rep. Garland Pierce, D-Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s been at least two changes each by the 19 Democrats in the Senate, and 20 Democrats in the House. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the state budget deadline approaching, North Carolina&#8217;s governor made a last-minute fiscal request on Friday, using his veto power. 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