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This week marks the overlap of Reentry Week, Second Chances Month, and Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The convergence of these events creates an opportunity for important conversations about second chances for youth adjudicated delinquent for sexual offenses. The juvenile justice system was built with recognition of young people’s lesser culpability and greater potential to learn and grow. It focused on a theory of rehabilitation, ensuring that youth adjudicated delinquent would not have the same mark of “criminality” as their adult counterparts. Accordingly, states have generally kept