Trying juveniles as adults
Prison for Teen Who Lit “Agender” Youth’s Skirt on Fire Thwarts Healing
Blog, by Youth Law Center Staff Attorney Sue Burrell, for the Huffington Post, on the...
Categories: Adolescence, Disposition/placement, LGBTQ, Trying juveniles as adults
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Lawmaker Modifies Sex-Assault Bill Targeting Teens
Article in SF Gate regarding modification of SB 838 by removing two year mandatory minimum...
Categories: Juvenile justice legal issues, Trying juveniles as adults
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Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee
Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee re: costs of SB 838
Categories: Legal/policy analyses, Trying juveniles as adults
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Letter to Senate Public Safety Committee – SB 838 – Oppose
Letter to Senate Public Safety Committee opposing SB 828, a bill that would create a...
Categories: Legal/policy analyses, Trying juveniles as adults
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Letter to Assembly Public Safety Committee – SB 838 – Oppose
Letter to Assembly Public Safety Committee Opposing SB 838 - a bill that would create...
Categories: Legal/policy analyses, Trying juveniles as adults
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SJ Mercury News Article on SB 838
Article discusses controversial bill SB 838 "Audrie's Law" which would create a new crime for...
Categories: Legal/policy analyses, Trying juveniles as adults
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Proposition 21: Preventing or Abetting Crime (Interview with Sue Burrell (Daily Journal – December 13, 1999)
This is a December 13, 1999 Daily Journal article on Proposition 21, a voter inititative...
Categories: Gangs, Juvenile justice legal issues, Trying juveniles as adults
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AB 945 (Nunez) – California Legislative Session 2003-2004
The Youth Law Center sponsored this bill, which makes it more difficult for youth being...
Categories: Juveniles in Jails/Prisons, Trying juveniles as adults
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SB 1223 (Kuehl) – 2003-2004 California Legislative Session
This is a bill sponsored by the Youth Law Center, which would have provided for...
Categories: LWOP/extremely long sentences, Trying juveniles as adults
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Mental Health Issues Facing Adolescents in the Juvenile Justice System: Part I – The Lack of Mental Health Resourc...
Part I explores the lack of mental health resources and services for youth in the...
Categories: Mental health needs, Trying juveniles as adults
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