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California Lawmaker Says It’s Time to Stop Charging Juveniles as Adults
A California lawmaker announced Tuesday she is crafting a criminal-justice reform that would bar prosecutors from automatically charging people under age 20 as adults.
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A federal court in Illinois denied class certification to youths detained at a Cook County juvenile detention center who say they were required to remain in their living quarters and received delayed responses to medical issues while the television show “Empire” was filming at the facility. The court finds that the current class definition is overbroad.
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Sixth Circuit Allows Juvie Inmates to Sue Over Sexual Assaults
The Sixth Circuit ruled unanimously Wednesday that a muddled grievance process prevented minor inmates in Michigan from filing claims of sexual assault by adult prisoners.
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Alabama Judge Accused of Stealing From Veteran and Juvie Court
The Alabama Attorney General’s Office and the FBI on Thursday arrested a state judge accused of taking tens of thousands of dollars from an elderly veteran and a fund supporting the juvenile court system.
Read moreColorado School Shooting Suspect to Be Tried as an Adult
A 16-year-old Colorado student accused of orchestrating the mass shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch this past May that left one student dead and eight others wounded will be charged as an adult, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Read moreJudge Considers Charging School Shooting Suspect as Adult
A 16-year-old Colorado student accused of orchestrating a mass shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch last May made his final plea Wednesday to be charged as a minor in the case.
Read moreAccused Colorado School Shooter Fights to Be Tried as a Minor
A Colorado teen suspected of orchestrating the shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch this past May that resulted in the death of a classmate began making his case Monday to be tried in juvenile court.
Read moreInmate at Center of Landmark Juvenile Case Loses Parole Bid
A Louisiana inmate whose case led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling extending the hope of freedom to juvenile offenders sentenced to life without the possibility of parole was again denied that freedom on Thursday after more than five decades in prison.
Read moreJudge Protects Young Immigrants From Trump for Three Years
Last year, the Trump administration unilaterally undermined a nearly 30-year-old program meant to provide humanitarian protections to young immigrants abused, neglected or abandoned in their countries of birth.
Read moreResentencing of Teen DC Sniper Faces High Court Scrutiny
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whether a teen who carried out sniper attacks in Washington, D.C., in 2002 should be resentenced.
Read moreUS Faces Judicial Broadside for Immigration Policy Shift
A federal judge roasted government lawyers Monday over the Trump administration’s undermining of a nearly 40-year-old program meant to protect young immigrants abused, abandoned or neglected in their birth countries.
Read moreNewsom Eyes Overhaul of Juvenile Justice in California
New California Governor Gavin Newsom announced plans Tuesday to overhaul how juveniles convicted of criminal offenses are treated by de-emphasizing adult-style incarceration and replacing warehouse prisons with programs where young people acquire skills and job training necessary for them to flourish as adults.
Read moreNew Guidelines Highlight Alternatives to Juvenile Lock-Up
Recent Supreme Court decisions regarding juvenile justice and emerging science on youth brain development led the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges to update its guidelines this week to call for alternatives to detention of youth offenders.
Read moreJuveniles Housed With Adults Bring Claims to Sixth Circuit
A class of former and current juvenile inmates housed with adults who say they are exposed to an increased risk of sexual and physical assaults argued before the Sixth Circuit on Thursday to revive their civil rights claims.
Read moreJudge Sets Juvenile Defendants Free After Election Loss
Made a lame duck by a Democratic takeover of Houston’s judiciary, a Republican juvenile court judge raised public safety concerns Wednesday when he released several youths from jail and reset their hearings for his replacement’s first week on the bench in January.
Read moreLA County Writes Off $90 Million in Juvy Fees
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to write off nearly $90 million in fees imposed on thousands of families with children in the juvenile justice system — the largest such write-off in history.
Read moreVirginia Finds No Misconduct at Jail for Juvenile Immigrants
Spurred to investigate reports that juvenile immigrants face systemic abuses at a jail in southwestern Virginia, state officials largely cleared the federally run detention center of wrongdoing.
Read moreOregon High Court OKs 112-Year Sentence for School Shooter
The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a 112-year sentence of a young man who shot 26 of his high school classmates after killing his parents in 1998.
Read moreJuvenile Sex Offenders Get Registry Reprieve in NJ
Attuned to the risk that labeling a juvenile forever as a sex offender will stunt his rehabilitation, the New Jersey Supreme Court was unanimous Tuesday in curbing the landmark registry legislation known as Megan’s Law.
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