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The bill would make sure “that the proper cases, if they do exist, can be sent to juvenile court,” said Chuck Spahos, a lobbyist for the N.C. Conference of District Attorneys, a state-funded ...
Juliana, et al. v. United States of America, et al. was a climate-related lawsuit filed in 2015 and dismissed in 2020. Filed by 21 youth plaintiffs against the United States and several executive branch officials. Filing their case in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, the plaintiffs, represented by the non-profit ...
Juvenile court, also known as young offender's court or children's court, is a tribunal having special authority to pass judgements for crimes committed by children who have not attained the age of majority. In most modern legal systems, children who commit a crime are treated differently from legal adults who have committed the same offense.
Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48 (2010), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States holding that juvenile offenders cannot be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for non-homicide offenses. [1][2] In June 2012, in the related Miller v. Alabama, the Court ruled that mandatory sentences for life without parole for juvenile ...
September 20, 2024 at 5:08 AM. The Ottawa County Juvenile Court in Port Clinton is celebrating the success of its Youth Empowerment Program (YEP) during summer 2024. Under Judge Frederick C. Hany ...
Jones v. Mississippi, 593 U.S. ___ (2021), was a United States Supreme Court case regarding the imposition of life sentences for juveniles. The Supreme Court had previously ruled in Miller v. Alabama in 2012 that mandatory life sentences without parole for juvenile offenders was considered cruel and unusual punishment outside of extreme cases ...
September 4, 2024 at 1:05 PM. Four Las Vegas teenagers pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in juvenile court for beating their classmate to death, according to news reports. Jonathan Lewis Jr ...
First 20th-century case where the Court protected the rights of Blacks in the South, and one of its first to review a criminal conviction for constitutionality. Sorrells v. United States, 287 U.S. 435 (1932) Entrapment is a valid defense to a criminal charge. Brown v.