A 21-year-old gun-toting thug has been terrorizing Staten Island for years thanks to the state’s Raise the Age Law — notching even attempted-slay raps before netting anything close to real punishment, law-enforcement sources say.

Lloyd Francis was first busted at age 14 and has now been arrested a half-dozen times on attempted-murder, robbery, assault and felony gun-possession charges.

Yet before being convicted of his sixth serious crime last month, Francis — a suspected member of the local Town Savages Only gang — had served a total of about two years behind bars because of the Empire State’s lax juvenile justice statutes, according to records and sources. 3

The same coddling laws ensure that half of his arrests are sealed, too, meaning their details and dispositions are kept

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