14-year-old charged with killing Newark detective should be tried as adult, cop’s mom says
The mother of Newark Detective Sgt. Joseph Azcona, who was gunned down earlier this month, is asking New Jersey lawmakers to ...
Man sentenced as adult in fatal shooting as teen
A person originally charged as a juvenile for their role in a 2023 Austintown shooting death pleaded guilty Wednesday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.
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Prosecutors want to charge 16-year-old as adult for deadly hit-and-run
Prosecutors said Friday they want to charge a teen as an adult for a deadly hit-and-run he and two other juvenile suspects ...
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Backers say Louisiana's Amendment 3 will curb juvenile crime. But does it go too far?
Amendment 3, one of four proposed changes to the constitution voters will weigh this week, is controversial. Here's why.
Scandals plague Oregon’s adult prisons, youth detention facilities: Beat Check podcast
A series of headlines has brought bad news about the management of Oregon’s Department of Corrections and Oregon Youth Authority to public attention. Numerous leadership changes have also resulted at ...
Petition demands to try 14-year-old as adult in Newark cop's death
Thousands are calling on NJ lawmakers to revise the state's law on charging juveniles as adults in the wake of Newark Detective Joseph Azcona's death.
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Pine Hills returns to its roots as juvenile-only prison in Montana
In 2016, the jail started housing adult inmates, whose population reached a high of 88, according to Carolynn Stocker, the ...
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Backers say Louisiana's Amendment 3 will curb juvenile crime. But does it go too far?
thinks local and state politicians need to do more to stop juvenile crime — but that doesn’t include locking teens up in adult prisons, she said. "The jails are already packed. If they're ...