"Cyntoia's sentence is wholly disproportionate for a 16-year-old girl, and therefore unconstitutional," said Marsha Levick, deputy director and chief counsel for Juvenile Law Center. "With a life sentence
Riya Saha Shah, Esq., American Bar Association •
Sex offender registries were established to keep children and communities safer. But, research shows that registration incorrectly presumes that children who commit sexual offenses are a
Stephanie Campos-Bui and Jeffrey Selbin, The Daily Californian •
A report by Juvenile Law Center found that most states charge one or more fees to system-involved youth and their families. But the federal government has
Ensuring that “youth in the child welfare system are positioned to have the same choices that youth outside of the system” have is critically important.
Marsha Levick, deputy director and chief counsel at the Juvenile Law Center, a Philadelphia-based non-profit that advocates for juveniles, told The Appeal that “nothing
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