Juvenile News

 
Report: Juvenile prison no longer in crisis
Chillicothe Gazette
AP COLUMBUS -- An Ohio juvenile detention center considered in crisis less than a year ago because of gang violence and other problems has become a safe and well-managed facility, according to a court-appointed monitor who tempered praise for the ...

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The Cutting Edge
Race Affects Juvenile Sentencing
Counsel & Heal
According to research conducted by Stanford Psychologists, when juvenile offenders are black, people are more willing to give harsher punishments to them. "These results highlight the fragility of protections for juveniles when race is in play," says ...
Psychologists examine how race affects juvenile sentencingPhys.Org
Study Probes Role of Offender's Race in Juvenile SentencingKQED

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ABC News
TJ Lane, Chardon High School Shooting Suspect, To Be Tried As Adult
Huffington Post
By THOMAS J. SHEERAN 05/24/12 05:08 PM ET CHARDON, Ohio -- A 17-year-old will be tried as an adult in the school shooting deaths of three students, a juvenile court judge ruled Thursday after hearing a sheriff's deputy describe how the teen wore a ...
Ohio teen to be tried as adult in school shootingUSA TODAY
Ohio Teen to Be Tried as Adult in ShootingWall Street Journal

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abc7.com
Juvenile Probation Officer Arrested On Suspicion Of Impersonating Cop In Glendora
CBS Local
GLENDORA (CBS) — A juvenile probation officer for San Bernardino County was behind bars Saturday on suspicion of impersonating a police officer in Glendora. Police say 43-year-old Douglass Weaver was taken into custody Friday on suspicion of false ...
San Bernardino County probation officials suspected of bizarre police ...Contra Costa Times
Probation Officer Arrested in Police Officer Impersonator CasePatch.com

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PBS
Juvenile Justice
PBS
The Supreme Court threw out the death penalty for juvenile offenders in 2005, so when the jury returned its guilty verdict, the judge could only sentence Miller to life without parole. The Supreme Court won't allow more, and Alabama law doesn't allow ...


 
Sacramento K9 helps police nab juvenile burglars
Sacramento Bee (blog)
Sacramento police responding to a home burglary alarm were able to catch three suspects who are accused of ransacking the house. The alarm drew the home's resident as well as police to the home in the 3300 block of 42nd Street.

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Juvenile justice officials disagree on reopening Waco-area lockup
Austin American-Statesman
By Mike Ward As state officials struggle to find a solution to the spiking violence inside Texas' state-run juvenile lockups, 32 mothballed bunks at a prisonlike facility near Waco have become the center of a policy stalemate that is being blamed for ...