Pennsylvania Sen. John Wozniak (D-Cambria) introduced new anti-crime legislation that aims to put the consequence of crime at the core of youth education. “We are ... trying to explain to them that these are the punishments for using an illegal hand gun, the use of drugs at varying levels, and the punishments for shoplifting, the punishment for any myriad of crimes so that these young people realize it’s all not fun and games out there," Wozniak said Monday. Under the bill, still awaiting committee referral, the Pennsylvania Department of Education would work with the Pennsylvania State Police to develop the necessary high school materials and conduct an annual instructional session. “Through the D.A.R.E. program or some other situation where we can reach out to these young people and make them understand that (if) you do these crimes, you are going to go to jail,” he said. According to the Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Judges’ System, 28,951 youths between the ages of 10 and 17 were
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