12-year-old accused of fatally shooting mother fights to be tried in juvenile court
According to court records, the boy told police he became upset with his mother when she refused to buy him an electronic ...
Petition demands trial of 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 ...
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Teens charged as adults for Grand Forks shooting
GRAND FORKS (KFGO) – Two Grand Forks teens are being charged as adults for a allegedly shooting into a car and wounding two ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
Scandals plague Oregon’s adult prisons, youth detention facilities: Beat Check podcast
The Oregonian/OregonLive's Noelle Crombie joins Editor Therese Bottomly to talk about a series of articles on scandals at the Oregon Department of Corrections and Oregon Youth Authority.
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.