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Grant, through a lawyer, argued that educational institutions are forbidden by Massachusetts law to ask about criminal matters not resulting in "convictions"—juveniles are "adjudicated delinquent" rather than "convicted" [1] —and that she was not obliged to disclose an event that occurred when she was a juvenile and was ...
The term delinquent usually refers to juvenile delinquency, and is also generalised to refer to a young person who behaves an unacceptable way. [ 3 ] In the United States, a juvenile delinquent is a person who commits a crime and is under a specific age. [ 4 ]
Juvenile cases are heard by not a jury by a judge. At least, the US criminal law system has a particular vocabulary for juvenile cases. Indeed, juvenile offenders commit not a crime but a delinquent act. Also, courts use the term delinquent or not delinquent, instead of guilty or not guilty, just to show that a minor is different from a criminal.
States vary in relation to the age at which a child may be subject to juvenile court proceedings for delinquent behavior. Most states do not specify a minimum age as a matter of law. [9] Of states that set a minimum age, for status offenses: [7] Massachusetts and North Carolina set a minimum age of six; Connecticut and Mississippi set a minimum ...
A statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania outlined the charges against the two judges on January 26, 2009. The charges outlined in the information [25] described actions between 2000 and 2007 by both judges to assist in the construction and population of private juvenile facilities operated by the two Pennsylvania Child Care companies, acting in an ...
McKeiver v. Pennsylvania, 403 U.S. 528 (1971), is a decision of the United States Supreme Court.The Court held that juveniles in juvenile criminal proceedings were not entitled to a jury trial by the Sixth or Fourteenth Amendments. [1]
Ciavarella is a defendant in a class action lawsuit filed by the Juvenile Law Center on behalf of the juveniles who were adjudicated delinquent by him despite not being represented by counsel or advised of their rights. [36] [37] He has moved to dismiss this lawsuit as it pertains to him based on judicial immunity. [38]
This list of wrongful convictions in the United States includes people who have been legally exonerated, including people whose convictions have been overturned or vacated, and who have not been retried because the charges were dismissed by the states. It also includes some historic cases of people who have not been formally exonerated (by a ...