427 ABA Journal Juvenile Justice articles.
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Judge tosses indictment of Russian firms at prosecutors’ request
U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich granted prosecutors’ request Monday to toss an indictment against two Russian companies accused of…
Mar 17, 2020 3:12 PM CDT Supreme Court takes another case over juvenile life-without-parole sentences The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to determine if the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment requires the court…
Mar 9, 2020 5:05 PM CDT Wrongful Conviction: False Confessions is a new podcast hosted by two of the nation’s foremost experts in the field, Steve Drizin and Laura Nirider, law professors and co-directors of Northwestern University’s Center on Wrongful Convictions. The new series was born from their experience on the Netflix documentary Making a Murderer. Feb 19, 2020 2:22 PM CST News Roundup Oct 22, 2019 3:55 PM CDT Oct 17, 2019 2:10 PM CDT 9-year-old boy is charged with murder A 9-year-old boy in central Illinois has been charged with arson and five counts of murder for allegedly causing a mobile home fire in…
Oct 11, 2019 3:13 PM CDT Judge tosses murder charge against 9-year-old boy A murder defendant cried and hugged his father after Michigan Judge David Tomlinson tossed a murder charge against him Friday. The defendant was…
Sep 30, 2019 4:25 PM CDT Sep 26, 2019 11:27 AM CDT Lawyers working in the field of criminal justice reform, restorative justice and cyber harassment are among this year’s 26 MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” winners. The winners will each receive a…
Sep 25, 2019 1:00 PM CDT School resource officer fired after arresting two 6-year-olds A school resource officer has been fired by the Orlando Police Department after arresting two 6-year-old children Thursday. Officials initially said the…
Sep 23, 2019 4:30 PM CDTAfternoon Briefs: Supreme Court to hear juvenile sentencing case; Led Zeppelin wins ‘Stairway’ fight
New podcast from ‘Making a Murderer’ lawyers sheds light on false confessions
Afternoon Briefs: Legal words flummox child murder defendant; judge nixes ‘The Godfather Part II’ clip
Judge urges former teen serial killer to donate his brain to science
A Pennsylvania judge who resentenced a convicted serial killer on Tuesday urged the man to consider donating his brain to scientists studying criminal behavior.
Afternoon Briefs: 9-year-old is charged with murder; court nominee won’t answer Ukraine questions
Afternoon Briefs: Murder charge against 9-year-old tossed; judge bans mystery proceedings
Seattle lawyer focuses on systemic changes to end youth homelessness
Three lawyers are among this year’s MacArthur Foundation ‘genius grant’ winners
Afternoon Briefs: Officer fired after arrest of 6-year-olds; judge orders Trump deposition
ABA urges Supreme Court to follow Miller standard for juvenile punishments
In an amicus brief filed Tuesday, the ABA urged the U.S. Supreme Court to recognize that juveniles’ “diminished culpability and greater prospects for reform” separate them from adults and that those whose crimes “reflect transient immaturity, rather than irreparable corruption” should not face life in prison.
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In a self-imposed Sisyphean task, the team at Measures for Justice travels the U.S. unearthing, collecting and publishing criminal justice data. Today, Christian Gossett, district attorney for Winnebago County, Wisconsin, says more people are being released quicker pretrial, and he’s working with researchers to improve equity in diversion, thanks to the initial data made available by Measures for Justice.
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