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Assault victim's tweets prompt contempt case
For 17-year-old Savannah Dietrich, it was like being victimized twice – first by the two boys who sexually assaulted her while she was passed out and then sent photos of the assault to their friends; secondly, by a secretive juvenile justice system that appeared more interested in protecting her attackers than her. Frustrated by what she felt was a lenient plea bargain for her two attackers, Savannah lashed out on Twitter – despite a judge’s warning that no one should talk about the incident because the case was in juvenile court. "There you go, lock me up," Savannah tweeted, as she named the boys who she said sexually assaulted her. "I'm not protecting anyone that made my life a living Hell." Though threatened with contempt of court, Savannah refusal to stay quiet, and her decision to talk publicly to Courier-Journal reporter Jason Riley resulted in a series of stories that drew national attention and helped pry the lid off Kentucky’s secretive juvenile courts – potentially opening more cases in the future to ensure justice is done.
Tags: Sexual assults; juvenile justice system; juvenile court; Twitter
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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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Our Youngest Killers: Juveniles Serving Life w/o Parole in Massachusetts
15 years after the Massachusetts Legislature passed one of the harshest juvenile murderer sentencing laws in the country, the New England Center for Investigative Reporting (NECIR) revealed, for the first time, serious disparities in the way juvenile killers have been punished under the law.
Tags: Massachusetts; New England Center for Investigative Reporting; Juvenile Killers; Murder
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Minor Offenders, Major Consequences
The reporter examines the Wisconsin criminal justice system for young adults using the story of a young man who hanged himself in jail at age 17.
Tags: juvenile; prison; jail; Wisconsin criminal justice system; 17-year-olds
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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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Our Youngest Killers
Fifteen years after the Massachusetts Legislature passed one of the harshest juvenile murderer sentencing laws in the country, the New England Center for Investigative Reporting revealed serious disparities in the way juvenile killers have been punished under the law.
Tags: juvenile killers; murder; disparity
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Our Youngest Killers: Juveniles Serving Life w/o Parole in Massachusetts
An investigation into the incarcerations of Massachusetts teens sentenced to life in prison reveals parole reveal inequities in the 1996 law.
Tags: Parole; Life Sentenve; Juvenile
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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