If Gerald Gault would have been three years older, his maximum penalty would have been a fine of $5 to $50, or imprisonment in jail for not more than two months.

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This is true. The Arizona Juvenile Code at the time stated that if Gerald Gault had been three years older, his maximum penalty would have been a fine of $5 to $50, or imprisonment in jail for not more than two months. However, because he was a juvenile, he was not afforded the same due process rights as an adult and was ultimately sentenced to a juvenile detention center until he turned 21.

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