Thousands of youthful offenders who appeared before a corrupt judge in Pennsylvania are at risk of losing their right to sue for damages and court fees.
Before a federal judge could hold a scheduled hearing on Monday, the top court in Pennsylvania has acceded to some of the demands made in an unusual federal filing by…
A bizarre case in which two senior Pennsylvania judges in Luzerne County are accused of having profited from putting hundreds—or perhaps even thousands—of youths into juvenile detention for relatively minor…
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether imposing a life sentence on a juvenile for a crime other than murder violates the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
The only Somali pirate who survived the hostage-taking incident involving ship captain Richard Phillips smiled as he was led into a federal building today.
They’re uneducated, living in what amounts to a prison, and often minorities from low-income families who haven’t had a lot of luxuries offered to them in life.
Apparently feeling that he had little to lose, a 17-year-old convicted in February by a Pennsylvania jury of first-degree murder shouted expletives at a court hearing yesterday.
Siding with the American Civil Liberties Union, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has barred the Wyoming County District Attorney from pursuing threatened felony charges against teenage girls he has accused…
Fixing the result of massive corruption in the Luzerne County, Pa., juvenile justice system won’t be easy. As many as 1,200 cases reportedly may be involved in a Pennsylvania Supreme…
In the latest chapter in an ongoing state-court corruption saga in Pennsylvania, a state supreme court ruling today is expected to reverse perhaps as many as 1,200 juvenile court convictions…
A Pennsylvania prosecutor’s aggressive approach to so-called teenage sexting of explicit messages on cell phones has put him on the American Civil Liberties Union’s litigation list.
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