A life sentence without the possibility of parole is appropriate for a defendant who was 14 when the alleged murder took place, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled today.
An unidentified former student at a suburban Chicago high school has been charged with disorderly conduct after allegedly posting online and distributing at Oak Park-River Forest High School earlier this…
A federal appeals court has reaffirmed its earlier decision to grant habeas corpus relief to a 17-year-old mass murderer whose petition it had been told to reconsider by the U.S.…
Witold Walczak of the Pennsylvania ACLU with MaryJo Miller, who filed suit against the Wyoming County DA after he threatened to prosecute her daughter and two other teens. Photo by AP Photo/Matt Rourke
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Lawyers for two prisoners sentenced to life in prison for murders committed when they were age 14 are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to accept their cases and strike down…
In an effort to protect skateboarders and roller skaters from injury, the city of Laguna Beach, Calif., has banned them from some of its steepest streets and established rules of…
A sixth grader in New York City is facing a juvenile hate crime charge after he was accused of trying to rip off a Muslim girl’s headscarf during recess.
Corrected: A 17-year-old Florida honor student is being held in juvenile detention over an incident in which she allegedly pulled a 9 mm Sig Sauer on her own mother, pistol-whipped…
As autism rates continue to soar, parents warn of the likelihood of increasing clashes between police and teens with the disorder who become aggressive when they become frustrated or angry.
Daniel Ybarra, San Diego deputy public defender, has visited Alaska, Hawaii and New Zealand, often with kids who’ve been through the county’s Juvenile Delinquency Drug Court.
Convicted on only 12 of the 39 federal criminal counts he faced, a former Pennsylvania judge and his lawyers stepped outside a Scranton courthouse on Friday and proclaimed victory in…
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