Focus
juvenile justice
Feds to Investigate Texas Courts for Trying Truant Students in Court Without Lawyers
Students with school absences—some as young as 12 years-old—were being tried in local truancy courts and juvenile courts without a lawyer to represent them.
|
Feds Interested in Why Children Are Denied Lawyers in Georgia Court
For the first time, the Department of Justice is looking into a state case regarding the right to legal representation for child defendants.
|
New Report Shows Favoring of Leniency for Young Criminal Offenders
The U.S. is the only country in the world that sentences youth to life in prison.
|
Feds to Investigate Texas Courts for Trying Truant Students in Court Without Lawyers
Students with school absences—some as young as 12 years-old—were being tried in local truancy courts and juvenile courts without a lawyer to represent them.
|
Feds Interested in Why Children Are Denied Lawyers in Georgia Court
For the first time, the Department of Justice is looking into a state case regarding the right to legal representation for child defendants.
|
New Report Shows Favoring of Leniency for Young Criminal Offenders
The U.S. is the only country in the world that sentences youth to life in prison.
|