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SCOTUS Takes Up D.C. Sniper Case—and The Fate Of Juvenile Life Sentences

Meghna Chakrabarti, Dorey Scheimer, WBUR - On Point • October 17, 2019

"And I think one of the things that has been most stunning to me in my work is to appreciate, as challenged as these individuals

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Supreme Court Weighs Whether DC Sniper Should Be Resentenced in JLWOP Case

Sal Christ, JJIE • October 17, 2019

Following oral arguments, Marsha Levick — chief legal officer of Juvenile Law Center and co-counsel on the Montgomery case — said she was neither hopeful

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How The Juvenile Justice System Is Failing Girls

Susie Armitage, YR Media • October 16, 2019

Hopkins of Rights 4 Girls and Bree and their fellow youth advocates at the Juvenile Law Center say the system needs to change how it

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Maine Law Court Hears Arguments about Mentally Ill Teen Detained for Months without Trial

Beth Brogan, NBC News Center Maine • October 7, 2019

The ACLU of Maine, Disability Rights Maine, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, Juvenile Law Center, Kids Legal, and the Maine Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys

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The U.S. Has Been Silencing Black Girls’ Voices for Decades

Jessica Feierman, Ashley C. Sawyer, Teen Vogue • October 7, 2019

In the summer of 1963, a group of girls in Americus, Georgia, refused to accept the blatant discrimination around them. “It was a matter of standing up for what you knew was right.”

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DC Sniper Case Stokes Debate Over Juvenile Life Sentences

RJ Vogt, Law360 • October 6, 2019

Marsha Levick, co-founder of Juvenile Law Center, says the "incorrigibility" standard shouldn't be news to anyone; she cited Montgomery's holding that "Miller did bar life