San Francisco Chronicle, February 16, 2011 by Marisa Lagos
http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-02-16/news/28538700_1_teens-free-e-editions-prison
“If I’m a prosecutor, and could try someone as an adult, why wouldn’t I? Then the state gets to pay for their incarceration,” said Barry Krisberg … who specializes in juvenile justice. “What incentive is there to send them to a county program, where the county has to pay and they are really different than the other kids they are working with?”