As the number of fellow students killed in a school shooting in Ohio yesterday climbed to three, the state’s attorney general said the as-yet-undentified juvenile suspect in the crimes is…
A judge has ordered the L.A. County Juvenile Court to be open to regular media coverage to boost transparency and shed greater light on problems that have festered outside the…
When the father of a California elementary school student wasn’t satisfied with the school administration’s response to another child’s alleged threats, he took the matter outside.
The ABA has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court that argues a sentence of life without parole for juveniles convicted of murder is cruel and unusual punishment.
A 5-year-old boy is reportedly in custody and being evaluated in Virginia, accused of stabbing three people over the holiday weekend with what Greene County Sheriff Steve Smith called an…
Few would dispute that overweight children are a national problem with worrisome potential health consequences, including the mother of a 200-pound 8-year-old Ohio boy who was removed from her home…
A federal civil rights lawsuit claims a district attorney in southwest Wisconsin overreacted when she accused a 6-year-old boy of sexual assault over a game of doctor.
It isn’t yet a done deal. But the presiding judge wants to open the doors of juvenile courtrooms in Los Angeles, holding public hearings in cases about child abuse and…
In a decision that is controversial among child advocates, the Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that attorney-client privilege is trumped, in guardianship cases, by the duty of a child’s attorney…
Beaten and stabbed at least eight times by her ex-boyfriend earlier this year, an Ohio prosecutor told a visiting judge today of regaining consciousness at home in a pool of…
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