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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.
In 2000, Rutherford County created the post of Juvenile Court Judge. The post was filled by then-Democrat (later Republican) elected Judge Donna Scott Davenport, [5] [9] who was scheduled to (and did) retire at the end of her eight-year term, in August 2022. [14] Davenport controlled the county's juvenile justice procedures. [1] [6]
Teen or youth courts provide an alternative court system through which juvenile offenders can be heard and judged by their peers.Most teen courts have strict guidelines for youth volunteers who participate in the sentencing process, which generally includes training, a modified bar exam, peer mentoring and compliance with a code of conduct.
Jail and Lockup Removal: As a general rule, youths subject to the original jurisdiction of juvenile courts cannot be held in jails and lockups in which adults may be detained. The act provides for a six-hour exception for identification, processing, interrogation and transfer to juvenile facilities, court or detention pending release to parents.
Harris County Juvenile Justice Center. The American juvenile justice system is the primary system used to handle minors who are convicted of criminal offenses. The system is composed of a federal and many separate state, territorial, and local jurisdictions, with states and the federal government sharing sovereign police power under the common authority of the United States Constitution.
President Joe Biden this week granted clemency to a former Luzerne County judge convicted in the infamous “kids for cash” scheme to send children to for-profit detention centers in exchange ...
In May 2022, when Powers was the Hamilton County Juvenile Court Administrative Judge, the court began working internally to address this issue of illegally locking up children on VCO status.
The Juvenile and Family Court Journal is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering juvenile and family justice. It was established in 1949 as Juvenile Court Judges Journal, and was later renamed Juvenile Justice, and later renamed again to Journal of Juvenile & Family Courts. The journal obtained its current name in 1978.