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Search results for "juvenile crime" ...
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Arrested Development
For thousands of youths accused of crimes, punishment preceeds any conviction. The may be held for months or even years in county jails for -- and sometimes with -- adult suspects. Scripps Howard News Service reports on the 7,500 junveiles in adult jails at any time, their conditions of confinement and how a loophole in federal law allows jails in 29 states to house juveniles with adults.
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Young Kids, Hard Time
A documentary on the lives of convicted juveniles - some as young as 12 - serving decades in the adult correctional system.
Tags: juvenile; crime; adult; correctional; system; sentencing; prison
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Missing the mark
The Reporter analyzed 1,376 cases where juveniles faced gun charges in adult felony courts between 2006 and 2010. The Reporter randomly selected hard copies of court files for 90 cases -- which represents 57 percent of convictions in 2009 -- and found: -One in four teens was never clearly identified as having had a gun -A gun was recovered in only 46 percent of the cases
Tags: gun; juvenile; conviction; arms; crime;
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Our Youngest Killers: Juveniles Serving Life Without Parole in Massachusetts
Fifteen years after the Massachusetts Legislature passed one of the harshest juvenile murder sentencing laws in the country, a New England Center for Investigative Reporting (NECIR) investigation revealed, for the first time, serious disparities in the way juvenile killers have been punished under the law. The article investigates 60 juvenile murder cases in Massachusetts.
Tags: juvenile; crime; massachusetts; court; legal system; sentence; parole
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Arrested Development
"For thousands of youths accused of crimes, punishment precedes any conviction in court. They may be held for months or even years in county jails for--and sometimes with--adult suspects."
Tags: juveniles in adult jails
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A Horrible Answer
Fire years into massive reforms, Washington, D.C.'s pledge to create a more compassionate juvenile justice system remains unfulfilled, and youth in the custody of the city are killing and dying at epidemic proportions. This series looked comprehensively at the statistics and the stories behind a year's worth of deadly violence among juveniles in the custody of the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS), in most cases because they had a juvenile criminal record. Reporters found that during the year they studied, one in five homicides in the city involved a youth in the custody of the city as either a victim or a suspect.
Tags: Juvenile; Washington, D.C.; Crime; Violence; Youth; State; Homicide; Ward of City; Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services; DYRS
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Education in Crossfire
It was found that 160 gun crimes had been committed on Memphis public school campuses over the last five years.
Tags: gun control; juvenile; weapons; Melrose High; caliber; handgun;
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Justice By Geography
Years after the 2000 Gang Violence and Juvenile Crime Prevention Act passed in California, Orange County-area prosecutors "top the list of district attorneys who most use the discretionary waiver to charge teens as young as 14 as adults." The original act was meant to "target hardcore gang members and juvenile offenders who commit heinous, violent crimes." Among the stories is the tale of Rene Garcia, who faces a life sentence for murder, even though he did not pull the trigger.
Tags: juvenile justice; juvenile offenders; juvenile crime; juveniles charged as adults; accessory
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Crime in Newark
"Each of these stories probe different forces behind violent crime in Newark, N.J.-- illegal guns and drugs, police strategies and the coming generation juvenile criminals."
Tags: Internet; MySpace; smuggling; guns; drugs; police department
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Juvenile Sex Offenders: Marjor Crimes, Minor Criminal
"A report by Anna Song of KATU-Portland, Ore. reveals that juvenile sex offenders often go right back to school after being charged. Due to their status as minors, school administrators cannot disseminate this information beyond the staff. The story exposes the inconsistency of local school policies when it comes to such offenders: Some schools tell all staff members, some tell just a few. Ultimately, it's up to the principal and can vary by school, not just by district."
Tags: sex offenders; juvenile; school system; privacy; crime; sexual offense