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Keeping Kids in the Community

In re A.B., et al

Pennsylvania Superior Court •
Argued that the PA Juvenile Act authorizes child welfare courts to retain jurisdiction over foster children aged 18 to 21 and to order agencies to continue to serve those youth in a course of treatment or instruction.
Juvenile Life Without Parole (JLWOP)

Roper v. Simmons

U.S. Supreme Court •
Supreme Court held the execution of juveniles unconstitutional. Juvenile Law Center’s brief argued the developmental differences between adolescents and adults in critical areas, including impulse control and understanding consequences.
Youth Interrogations & Access to Counsel

Yarborough v. Alvarado

U.S. Supreme Court •
Application of Miranda warnings to 17-year-old and whether age must be considered when determining the question of whether he was "in custody."
Solitary Confinement & Harsh Conditions

In re George T.

California Supreme Court •

Challenged the zero-tolerance approach to student misbehavior where a teen was sentenced to 100 days in juvenile detention for distributing a poem that mentioned bringing guns to school.

Keeping Kids in the Community

Washington State Dept. Of Social and Health Services v. Keffeler

U.S. Supreme Court •
Supported the position that the state must apply children’s federal insurance benefits under Title II and Title XVI in accordance with the children’s best interests and not to reduce the state’s foster care system’s financial burden.
Juvenile Life Without Parole (JLWOP)

State v. Tate

Florida District Courts of Appeal •
Addressed the issue of a 12-year-old’s competency to stand trial and whether his due process rights were violated by the trial court’s failure to order competency evaluations.
Youth Interrogations & Access to Counsel

State ex rel. D.J.

Louisiana Supreme Court •
Argued that juveniles should be afforded the right to a jury trial in delinquency proceedings.