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Recent Posts from Children & the Law Blog

• The Supreme Court and LWOP for Juveniles

  On Monday, November 9, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether life without parole (LWOP) constitutes cruel and unusual punishment when applied to juveniles. Two cases, Graham v. Florida and Sullivan v. Florida, hope…

• Under Pressure: New Adoption Law for Vietnam

  Vietnam’s National Assembly struggles to answer a familiar but labyrinthine question: how do you create an international adoption framework that doesn’t allow for abuse? Last month, an adoption fraud trial opened in Vietnam, naming sixteen…

• Siddharth Kara: Inside the Business of Modern Sex Slavery

  From Social Innovation Conversations, Siddharth Kara discusses the findings of his most recent book Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Sex trafficking is the most highly…

• Prosecuting Polanski: At What Cost to the Victim?

  The Oscar-winning film director was arrested on Sunday in Zurich on a 31-year-old warrant issued in the U.S. for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977. In an interview last year, the victim made…

• The controversy over Uruguay’s new same-sex adoption law

  Following a polemic debate, the Parliament in Uruguay passed a new law earlier this month legalizing same-sex couple adoption. Like most of the continent, Uruguay has a strong Roman Catholic culture and history; no other…

• A Pivoltal Moment: Coalition for Juvenile Justice Report on the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act

  The Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ) has released its national report on state compliance with the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA). While juvenile justice is historically the province of the states, the…

• Children of Bad Memories

  Slate: Children of Bad Memories - Photographing a generation born of rape during the Rwandan genocide They call them “enfants mauvais souvenirs,” children of bad memories. During the 1994 Rwandan genocide, hundreds of thousands of…

• VoteKids Releases Senate Scorecard on the Political Priority of Children in the U.S. Senate

  Vote Kids, a 501(c)(4) “devoted to making children a political priority, not a political afterthought” has released a 2009 Senate Scorecard based on its interpretation of the voting records of our Senators and how it…

• Guardianship Appointments in Texas

  The recent death of Michael Jackson has brought tough custody issues to the nation’s attention. It might be surprising to know that matters of guardianship in Texas are handled in the probate court, not the…

• Reclaiming Futures Blog, Dedicated to Substance Abuse and Teens in the Juvenile Justice System

  There are far too few blogs tracking juvenile and other issues regarding children and the law. Reclaiming Futures, a professionally-staffed blog that aims to keep people informed of the latest happenings in juvenile justice and…