Representing minors who have been bounced around psychiatric hospitals and group homes in Washington, D.C., children and disability advocates claim in a federal class action that the district is shirking its duty to provide intensive community-based services.
Read moreEighteen states and the District of Columbia are urging the D.C. Circuit to uphold legal protections for young immigrants who seek abortions after they enter into the United States without a parent or guardian.
Read moreA group of Central American immigrants has filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump administration over the secret termination of a refugee program that gave children fleeing violence in the region a path to reunification with their parents in the United States.
Read moreAttorneys for a young immigrant who faced federal opposition in her bid to undergo an abortion said a ruling in their case from the Supreme Court on Monday will have no impact on the ongoing litigation.
Read moreA federal judge rejected the government’s argument Monday that it can delay, or prevent entirely, abortions for two unaccompanied immigrant teenagers in federal custody.
Read moreThe federal government can’t ship immigrant minors suspected of gang involvement to far-off detention centers without giving them due process hearings first, a federal judge ruled this week.
Read moreClearing the way for doctors to perform an abortion on a 17-year-old who entered the United States illegally last month, the D.C. Circuit ordered the government Friday to release the minor into the custody of a sponsor.
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A second Wisconsin girl reached a plea deal Friday on charges of trying to stab her friend to death to please a fictional boogeyman, avoiding a trial that was set for next month.
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Seeking no prison time for his disgraced ex-congressman client, an attorney for Anthony Weiner argues in a new court filing that tipping the 2016 presidential election was a top priority for the 15-year-old with whom Weiner sexted.
Read moreA handful of prospective jurors were excused Monday in the case of one of two Wisconsin girls accused of trying to stab their friend to death to please a fictional boogeyman, less than a week before her trial begins.
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One of two Wisconsin girls accused of trying to stab their friend to death to please a fictional boogeyman accepted a plea deal Monday for a lesser-included charge of attempted homicide.
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An Alabama woman claims in court that local news outlets incorrectly identified her and her minor relative as being involved in a human trafficking and sexual assault case by publishing photos of them instead of the suspect.
Read moreTwo weeks after condemning the harsh treatment of juveniles in Wisconsin detention centers — “Ted Kaczynski has less restrictive solitary confinement than youth at Lincoln Hills,” he had said — a federal judge finalized a series of reforms that will begin taking effect on July 21.
Read moreWith California retailers slated to begin selling legal marijuana in less than six months, a state Republican is seeking strict safeguards that would prevent retailers from marketing pot to kids.
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In another blow to the Trump administration’s unpopular immigration policies, the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that detained immigrant children facing deportation will continue to have the right to a bond hearing, calling the hearings a “fundamental protection” that the court cannot erase.
Read moreA federal judge in Indiana issued a preliminary injunction against a new state law that would allow judges to alert the parents of minors seeking an abortion, even if the minor has been deemed mature enough by a court to make her own choice.
Read moreGearing up for jury trials this fall, the judge overseeing the cases of two Wisconsin girls accused of trying to stab their classmate to death to gratify a fictional boogeyman said Thursday that juror questionnaires will be mailed this summer.
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An immigrant who is facing deportation for having consensual sex with his underage girlfriend won a reversal Tuesday from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read moreA compliance director for the Tennessee Human Rights Commission surrendered Tuesday on charges of sexual exploitation of minors, police said.
Read moreThe jury trial for one of two Wisconsin girls accused of trying to stab her classmate to death to gratify a fictional boogeyman three years ago has been pushed back to allow the other girl’s trial to finish.
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