David Crisafulli has faced criticism for failing to name a single expert who supports his “adult time” laws that would put children – as young as 10 – in detention on adult sentences.
When the head of the state’s youth justice department, Bob Gee, told a committee last week that the prospect of longer sentences would act as a deterrent to children, he tried to back up his point using a 15-year-old study from the US.
