Legal Docket

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Juvenile Life Without Parole (JLWOP)

Abdul-Kabir v. Quarterman

U.S. Supreme Court •
Texas capital sentencing statute that prevented juries from considering evidence of childhood trauma found unconstitutional in that it precluded giving consideration and effect to relevant mitigating evidence.
Youth Interrogations & Access to Counsel

Commonwealth v. Guthrie G.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court •
Juvenile Law Center briefed the issue of a juvenile’s consent to a search of his home and voluntary waiver of his Miranda rights.
Solitary Confinement & Harsh Conditions

Smook v. Minnehaha County

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit •
Whether a detention center's strip search policy absent probable cause or individualized suspicion violates the Fourth Amendment.
Youth Tried as Adults

People v. Flakes

Colorado Supreme Court •
Argued against Colorado’s “direct file” statute on the grounds that it violates equal protection guarantees, contravenes separation of powers principles, and denies a defendant due process where statute allows sentencing as an adult following conviction for a crime that would not have made him eligible for adult prosecution.

In the Interest of D.A.S.

Pennsylvania Superior Court •
Filed an appeal to overturn the delinquency adjudication based on the classroom conduct of an 11-year-old with a neurological disability.
Sex Offender Registration of Children (SORNA)

Commonwealth v. B.S.

Pennsylvania Superior Court •
Juvenile Law Center’s brief addressed whether statements made in response to law-enforcement questioning while youth was in court-ordered treatment were involuntary.
Youth Interrogations & Access to Counsel

Ledbetter v. Commissioner

Connecticut Supreme Court •
Argued in support of a 14-year-old who sought to suppress her confession because police failed to advise her that she would be prosecuted as an adult.
Youth Interrogations & Access to Counsel

In re Christopher K.

Illinois Supreme Court •
Addressed the issues of due process violations in Illinois’ blended sentencing schemes and the interpretation of a youth’s request for counsel.
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.