Kentucky kids age 10 and younger routinely face criminal charges
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- Published on Wednesday, 25 January 2012 06:50
http://www.kentucky.com/2011/08/14/1845047/kentucky-kids-age-10-and-younger.html
On at least two occasions last year, 5-year-old children in Kentucky faced charges for alleged criminal mischief, harassment, abuse of a teacher and criminal trespassing.
In all, 2,117 criminal charges have been filed against children 10 and younger in Kentucky since 2006. It's a number that shocked a key state lawmaker, who now plans to hold legislative hearings on the issue.
Boy, 10, accused of stabbing friend faces murder charge
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- Published on Thursday, 19 January 2012 09:35
A neighborhood is in shock, as a 12-year-old known as a peacemaker is dead after a stabbing in El Cajon.
Los Angeles Times January 19, 2012
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-boy-killed-20120119,0,1414083.story
Paying a Price, Long After the Crime
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- Published on Thursday, 19 January 2012 09:06
NYT 9 Jan 2012
A stunning number of young people are arrested for crimes in this country, and those crimes can haunt them for the rest of their lives
Juvenile Justice Realignment in 2012
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- Published on Thursday, 19 January 2012 09:06
Via The Crime Report
http://www.cjcj.org/files/Juvenile_Justice_Realignment_2012.pdf
Righting a wrongful conviction in Virginia
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- Published on Saturday, 31 December 2011 09:18
WaPo 2011 December 6
FOUR YEARS AGO, 15-year-old Edgar Coker Jr. pleaded guilty to a crime he did not commit after his lawyer warned that he could be prosecuted as an adult and subjected to a lengthy prison term if he fought the charges.