California Supreme Court Rules Teens Under 16 Can’t Be Tried as Adults
California’s emphasis on rehabilitation in juvenile court under a 2018 state law was left to stand under an opinion from the California Supreme Court on Thursday.
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Danish Ex-Minister on Trial for Splitting Migrant Couples
Denmark’s Parliament overwhelmingly voted on Tuesday to try a former immigration minister at the rarely used Court of Impeachment over a 2016 order aimed at separating asylum-seeking couples where one partner is under 18.
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Vatican Clears Retired US Bishop of Multiple Abuse Claims
The Vatican has cleared a retired U.S. bishop of multiple allegations he sexually abused minors and teenagers, rejecting lay experts’ determination that a half-dozen claims were credible and instead slapping him on the wrist for what it called “flagrant” imprudent behavior.
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LA County Coroner Inquest Finds Police Shooting of Teen Was Homicide
A retired judge on Friday found that the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old last June by a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy was a homicide.
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Climate Activist Thunberg to Appear on Swedish Postal Stamp
Swedish teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg will appear on a postal stamp that will be issued Thursday in her native Sweden and is part of a series focusing on the environment.
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Malaysia Coroner: No Foul Play in Death of French-Irish Teen
A Malaysian coroner ruled Monday that the death of a French-Irish teenager whose body was found near a Malaysian jungle resort where she vanished while on vacation was most likely a misadventure that didn’t involve other people.
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Federal Judge Dismisses Covington Catholic Students’ Defamation Suit
Defamation and harassment claims brought by students at Kentucky’s Covington Catholic High School against CNN, the Washington Post and NBC were dismissed by a federal judge Wednesday after he found that none of the twelve plaintiffs had been defamed or unlawfully threatened.
Read moreShooting Threat
A California appeals court upheld a finding that a high school student made criminal threats when he posted a photo of a replica gun on his Snapchat account and threatened to bring a gun to school the next day. The student claimed he was joking, but “it can be inferred from the way” the social media app works that the juvenile “intended many people to see it, and he must have been aware that anyone who saw it might feel threatened.”
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Records Law That Will Bar Coverage of Skakel Retrial Put to 2nd Circuit
Connecticut’s largest daily newspaper fought at the Second Circuit on Wednesday against a state rule that has barred access to high-profile juvenile trials like that of Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel.
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Illinois Teen Ordered to Stand Trial in Killing of Protesters
A Wisconsin judge found there is probable cause that a 17-year-old claiming self-defense in the killing of two protesters committed murder and bound the teenager over for trial Thursday.
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Family Sues SDSU, Fraternity Over Son’s Hazing Death
The family of a 19-year-old San Diego State University student who was so drunk after being hazed at a fraternity pledge event he fell from his bunk bed, suffered a skull fracture and was taken off life support, claim in a wrongful death lawsuit the fraternity attempted to cover-up what happened.
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Laid-Off Minnesota High School Students Entitled to CARES Act Benefits, Court Rules
The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday night that high school students laid off due to the Covid-19 pandemic can access unemployment benefits.
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LA County Inquest Probes Police Shooting of Teen
In a judicial proceeding not seen in Los Angeles County for nearly four decades, a retired judge Monday presided over an inquest into the cause of death of Andres Guardado, a teen whose fatal shooting by police this past summer reignited protests and further inflamed a rift between law enforcement and their county watchdogs.
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11th Circuit Splits With Sister Courts on Gay-Conversion Bans
The 11th Circuit on Friday struck down bans on juvenile gay conversion therapy in South Florida, finding that therapists’ free speech rights trumped medical organizations’ consensus about the harms associated with trying to change teenagers’ sexual orientation.
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Amid Pandemic, Belgrade Street Kids Find Comfort at Refuge
For years, a small house tucked away in a Belgrade residential area has been an oasis of warmth and comfort for the Serbian capital’s most vulnerable inhabitants – street children.
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Greece: No Police Custody for Migrant Unaccompanied Minors
Greece is abolishing the practice of holding asylum-seeker children and teenagers who arrive in the country without parents or guardians in protective police custody, the migration minister said Wednesday.
Read moreGuns and Young People
A federal court in California declined to grant a preliminary injunction to plaintiffs who claim the California Penal Code violates the Second Amendment by restricting gun ownership among 18-20 year olds. The court finds the “potential harm of enjoining a duly-enacted law designed to protect public safety outweighs” young adults’ “inability to secure the firearm of their choice without proper training.”
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Teen Killer Given Life Sentence Fights High Court on Room for Reform
Struggling over whether courts can legally define juveniles as beyond redemption, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on behalf of a teenage boy who killed his grandfather in 2004.
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Bail Set at $2M for Teen Accused in Wisconsin Shootings
Bail was set at $2 million on Monday for a 17-year-old from Illinois accused of killing two men during an August protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, after the father of one victim told the court the teen “thinks he’s above the law” and would disappear if freed before the trial.
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Hong Kong Teen Activist Tony Chung Charged With Secession
A teenage Hong Kong activist was charged on Thursday with secession, the first public political figure to be prosecuted under a sweeping new national security law Beijing imposed on the city.
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