Every day the Raise the Age law stands is another day of mourning for Julia Verona, whose 14-year-old son was fatally stabbed outside a McDonald’s in Queens, allegedly by another teen.

The law changed how teens are treated in New York’s criminal justice system, increasing the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 18, often funneling more violent cases to the state’s family courts and resulting in reduced sentences when compared to adult suspects.

The teens involved in the brawl that resulted in her son Julian Corniell’s death are still in the neighborhood, she said. 12

“I have to go to therapy for that every Saturday because it makes me very angry,” Verona told The Post. “They’re still outside, I’ve seen them with my own eyes. They still go to that McDonald’s like nothing eve

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