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Washington Teen Receives 7.5-Year Sentence for 2024 Armed Carjacking Under Youth Rehabilitation Act
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Washington Teen Receives 7.5-Year Sentence for 2024 Armed Carjacking Under Youth Rehabilitation Act

Jordan Grice, charged as an adult for a 2024 armed carjacking, sentenced below mandatory minimum after pleading guilty

Jordan Grice, 19, was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for an armed carjacking committed in August 2024 in Washington, D.C. Despite the government’s request for a 15-year mandatory minimum sentence, the Superior Court judge applied the Youth Rehabilitation Act, allowing a reduced sentence. Grice was 17 at…

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