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Chandlee Kuhn, Reason •

A former chief judge of Delaware's Family Court argues that imposing fines and fees on juvenile offenders undermines their potential to become productive, law-abiding adults

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Anahi Figueroa-Martinez, Daily Times •

I have been a youth advocate for children in the justice system for eight years now. Pennsylvania has had so many different scandals and stories

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Nancy Gertner and Andre Davis, The Baltimore Banner •

Amid media reports about juvenile offenders, politicians rush to appear tough on crime.

It is said that the definition of insanity is doing the same

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Samantha Melamed and Ellie Rushing, The Philadelphia Inquirer •

The State Correctional Institution Phoenix, in a bucolic corner of Montgomery County, is a maximum-security men’s prison.

But a 48-bed unit on the grounds of

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Kris Olson, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly •

Ruth Greenberg can see it — or, more accurately, hear it.

For a decade, the Swampscott criminal appeals attorney has represented Sheldon Mattis, the defendant

(Washington, D.C.) - Today, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court categorically barred life without parole sentences for individuals aged 18 to 20 convicted of first-degree murder.  

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Steve Volk and Julie Christie, Resolve Philly, The Philadelphia Inquirer •

Despite the city's new law, DHS acknowledges it’s still keeping the money meant for foster kids — about $1.3 million in Social Security benefits for