Imagine a program that allows a young person who has been deeply affected by statewide systems to have autonomy and decision-making ability alongside other changemakers
Jessica Feierman, Nadia Mozaffar, The Baltimore Sun •
A key provision of the legislation would end the practice of charging indigent youth and families for the cost of public defenders or court-appointed attorneys. This should be a no-brainer.
Although the opinions did not directly address the concerns raised about juvenile justice fines, the Juvenile Law Center's brief in support of incorporating the excessive-fines clause cited several examples of youths who faced excessive juvenile justice fines after incidents that began at school.
MPR News host Kerri Miller talked to assistant professor of criminal justice at Hamline University, Jillian Peterson, and chief legal director at Juvenile Law Center
“We believed that an extraordinary travesty of justice occurred in that case,” says attorney Marsha Levick of the Philadelphia-based Juvenile Law Center.
Marsha Levick, co-founder of the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia, said the Supreme Court in recent years has recognized the emerging science on adolescent brain
