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27 Jun 2012, 9:21 am by Steve Hall
The change, manifest in court decisions starting in 2005, is a result of a confluence of factors: a drop-off in the crack-related crime wave that began in the late 1980s and that led states to move violent juveniles into the adult system and create mandatory prison terms for some crimes; an explosion in scientific research on adolescent brain development; a desire to cut costs by reducing prison populations; and the frustration of juvenile judges with mandatory… [read post]
26 Jun 2012, 8:32 am by Steve Hall
” I believe that to say to any child that you’re only fit to die in prison is “cruel. [read post]
20 Jun 2012, 11:45 am
In an op-ed in today's Philadelphia Inquirer, Legal Director of the Pennsylvania Innocence Project, Marissa Boyers Bluestine, questions how many Pennsylvanians remain in prison for crimes they didn't commit and what forms of evidence will be available to help prove their innocence. [read post]
31 May 2012, 1:34 pm by CJLF Staff
District Judge Thelton Henderson on Wednesday ruled California is not yet ready to completely retake control of the medical care systems in its prisons, and ordered the federal receiver J. [read post]
23 Apr 2012, 7:45 am by SO Issues
Increasingly, the criminal justice system acknowledges the importance of scientific findings about adolescents’ entangled neurological, physiological and psychological developments. [read post]
19 Apr 2012, 10:33 am by Rebecca Anderson
”    Pushed Out and Forgotten: Philadelphia’s Youth and the School-to-Prison Pipeline Angela Briggs L'12, Tiffany Gelott L'12 , and Ginene Lewis L'12 presented "Pushed Out and Forgotten: Philadelphia’s Youth and the School-to-Prison Pipeline. [read post]
5 Apr 2012, 12:47 pm by Steve Hall
Prison logs indicate that his lawyers visited him a total of three times. [read post]
23 Mar 2012, 9:46 am by Doug B.
After a few failed experiments with hard labor in public or having the public come into prison to watch prisoners work, a newer vision took hold, starting in Philadelphia and New York. [read post]
19 Mar 2012, 8:27 am by Rebecca Anderson
“Even though people are out of prison and on the right track, substance abuse and domestic violence are still big issues,” Miller said. [read post]
16 Mar 2012, 9:08 pm by Benjamin Wittes
Somehow, he wanted to bring the Notes to life—to make it possible for people to be in the room as the delegates in Philadelphia thrashed out what became our system of government. [read post]
7 Mar 2012, 12:22 pm by Rebecca Anderson
  In addition to the Honorary Fellow’s visit, numerous student-sponsored events will be held on a variety of topics throughout the week with discussion that range from death penalty to civil rights to minorities in the juvenile justice system. [read post]
2 Mar 2012, 3:27 am by Russ Bensing
The Philadelphia Story. [read post]
21 Feb 2012, 11:22 am by Suzanne Ito
The story is the same in every state and federal prison system. [read post]
17 Jan 2012, 7:14 am by Lyle Denniston
., et al. (11-460), on whether the federal Clean Water Act applies to the flow of pollutants into waterways by way of local governments’ storm water drainage systems. [read post]
14 Jan 2012, 12:51 pm by Mandelman
  Now, first let me just point out that none of this should be considered “news,” unless of course you’ve been incarcerated in Kazakhstan until quite recently, and even then, I have it on good authority that many Eastern Block prison guards were involved in flipping condos in Tampa, so you should have even been able to keep up with U.S housing market news from there. [read post]
12 Jan 2012, 7:30 am by McNabb Associates, P.C.
If convicted, each defendant faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, as well as forfeiture. [read post]