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Sex Offender Registration of Children (SORNA)

K.W. v. Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania Department Of Public Welfare

Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court •
Briefed the issue of a juvenile’s right to have his name removed from a statewide central register as a perpetrator of child abuse.
Youth Interrogations & Access to Counsel

J.B. v. Ohio

U.S. Supreme Court •
Certiorari denied in case involving Miranda warnings and whether a youth’s right to a jury trial was violated by a law allowing the imposition of adult sentences on the basis of judicial fact-finding.
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.