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Guest Commentary: DA Jenkins’ Shocking Decision To Prosecute Children As Adults

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 18, 2023
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Guest Commentary: DA Jenkins’ Shocking Decision To Prosecute Children As Adults

By Nghiep “Ke'' Lam and Borey (“Peejay”) Ai As formerly incarcerated community leaders, we (Peejay Ai and ...

By Nghiep “Ke'' Lam and Borey (“Peejay”) Ai As formerly incarcerated community leaders, we (Peejay Ai and Nghiep Ke Lam) were shocked to hear San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins’ plans to p ...

January 18, 2023
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Activists Join with SF Public Defender to Denounce DA’s Youth Policy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 25, 2022
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Activists Join with SF Public Defender to Denounce DA’s Youth Policy

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – The Young Women’s Freedom Center, San Francisc ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – The Young Women’s Freedom Center, San Francisco Young Democrats, and the Coleman Advocates on Monday along with elected Public Defender Mano ...

October 25, 2022
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SF DA Refuses to Meet with Youth and Advocates Asking Her to Reverse Policy Charging Kids as Adults

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|Date: September 21, 2022
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SF DA Refuses to Meet with Youth and Advocates Asking Her to Reverse Policy Charging Kids as Adults

They called for age-appropriate care and support, highlighting that children tried as juveniles are less ...

They called for age-appropriate care and support, highlighting that children tried as juveniles are less likely to be rearrested and that, between 2006 and 2016, none of the children transferred to ad ...

September 21, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Youth Defender Unit Leader Calls DA’s Juvenile Policy ‘Harmful’

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|Date: September 14, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Youth Defender Unit Leader Calls DA’s Juvenile Policy ‘Harmful’

By Emily Goldman San Francisco, CA (Editor’s note: On September 13, 2022, Emily Goldman, the Managing Att ...

By Emily Goldman San Francisco, CA (Editor’s note: On September 13, 2022, Emily Goldman, the Managing Attorney of the Youth Defender Unit of the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, issued the foll ...

September 14, 2022
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SF District Attorney Lays Out New Juvenile Justice Policy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 13, 2022
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SF District Attorney Lays Out New Juvenile Justice Policy

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins announced on T ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins announced on Tuesday that her office will not file transfer petitions for juveniles, to try them as adults, i ...

September 13, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 164: Pathbreaking Judge LaDoris Cordell

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|Date: September 05, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 164: Pathbreaking Judge LaDoris Cordell

https://youtu.be/8d4pm5sjI54 Retired Judge LaDoris Cordell joins Everyday Injustice to discuss her experi ...

https://youtu.be/8d4pm5sjI54 Retired Judge LaDoris Cordell joins Everyday Injustice to discuss her experience as a woman of color, appointed to the bench in Santa Clara County at a time when there wer ...

September 05, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Courts Have Ruled that Sentencing Kids to Die in Prison Is Cruel and Unusual. Now They’re Reconsidering When Adulthood Starts.

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|Date: August 23, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Courts Have Ruled that Sentencing Kids to Die in Prison Is Cruel and Unusual. Now They’re Reconsidering When Adulthood Starts.

With U.S. taxpayers now spending upwards of $81 billion annually on incarceration, treating 18-year-olds ...

With U.S. taxpayers now spending upwards of $81 billion annually on incarceration, treating 18-year-olds as adults has staggering costs. By Miriam Krinsky and Rebecca Blair Sheldon Mattis was 18 year ...

August 23, 2022
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ANALYSIS: Overrepresentation of Youth Minorities in the Criminal Justice System – A Sociological Explanation

Posted by Gracyann Joslin
|Date: July 21, 2022
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ANALYSIS: Overrepresentation of Youth Minorities in the Criminal Justice System – A Sociological Explanation

By Gracy Joslin The overrepresentation of minority youth in the juvenile justice system is startling and ...

By Gracy Joslin The overrepresentation of minority youth in the juvenile justice system is startling and demands an explanation. According to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’ ...

July 21, 2022
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Juvenile Justice Report Points to Failures of Juvenile Restitution Policies

Posted by Amy Berberyan
|Date: July 18, 2022
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Juvenile Justice Report Points to Failures of Juvenile Restitution Policies

By Amy Berberyan PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Juvenile Law Center Friday released a report highlighting the ine ...

By Amy Berberyan PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Juvenile Law Center Friday released a report highlighting the ineffective and extremely harmful use of juvenile restitution fees across multiple states. Nadia M ...

July 18, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 156: Kristina Kersey and Youth Justice

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|Date: May 23, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 156: Kristina Kersey and Youth Justice

https://youtu.be/6JkgspkPikg This week on Everyday Injustice, we have Kristina Kersey who last year joine ...

https://youtu.be/6JkgspkPikg This week on Everyday Injustice, we have Kristina Kersey who last year joined The Gault Center (formerly NJDC) as a Senior Youth Defense Counsel in 2021. Prior to joining ...

May 23, 2022
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Alameda DA Candidates Meet in a Candidates Forum – Part Two

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|Date: March 26, 2022
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Alameda DA Candidates Meet in a Candidates Forum – Part Two

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The Alameda County District Attorney candidates met on Wednesday i ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The Alameda County District Attorney candidates met on Wednesday in a candidates' forum hosted by the Justice Reinvestment Coalition of Alameda County and Urban ...

March 26, 2022
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Alameda DA Candidates Meet in a Candidates Forum – Part One

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 25, 2022
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Alameda DA Candidates Meet in a Candidates Forum – Part One

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The Alameda County District Attorney Candidates met on Wednesday i ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The Alameda County District Attorney Candidates met on Wednesday in a candidates forum hosted by the Justice Reinvestment Coalition of Alameda County and Urban P ...

March 25, 2022
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The Sentencing Project Notes U.S. Failed Response to Crimes by Kids

Posted by Keana Sauray
|Date: March 21, 2022
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The Sentencing Project Notes U.S. Failed Response to Crimes by Kids

By Keana Sauray WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. response to crimes committed by kids fails to fully understand ...

By Keana Sauray WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. response to crimes committed by kids fails to fully understand the scope of youth incarceration, which is critical to protecting youth and ensuring equal just ...

March 21, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Locking Teenagers and Young Adults Up for Gun Possession Doesn’t Make Us Safer

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|Date: March 02, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Locking Teenagers and Young Adults Up for Gun Possession Doesn’t Make Us Safer

by Akhi Johnson, Erica Bryant and Nicholas MacDonald Motion for Justice Partners Chatham County District ...

by Akhi Johnson, Erica Bryant and Nicholas MacDonald Motion for Justice Partners Chatham County District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones and local nonprofit Savannah Feed the Hungry have created an innova ...

March 02, 2022
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Gascón Backtracks on Life Sentences and Juvenile Justice

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|Date: February 21, 2022
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Gascón Backtracks on Life Sentences and Juvenile Justice

Los Angeles, CA – On Friday, the LA Times reported that memos issued by Los Angeles District Attorney Geo ...

Los Angeles, CA – On Friday, the LA Times reported that memos issued by Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón indicated in a major shift that “prosecutors can now seek to try juveniles as adults ...

February 21, 2022
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Commentary: What’s Motivating the DA Charging a Minor With Drug-Induced Homicide?

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|Date: February 01, 2022
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Commentary: What’s Motivating the DA Charging a Minor With Drug-Induced Homicide?

By Rory Fleming After taking office in 2011, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeffrey Rosen helped le ...

By Rory Fleming After taking office in 2011, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeffrey Rosen helped lead his jurisdiction to prosecute 177 minors as adults between 2010 and 2014—a total 35 percent ...

February 01, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 139: Kristin Henning and the Criminalization of Black Youth

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|Date: January 24, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 139: Kristin Henning and the Criminalization of Black Youth

Kristin Henning is a Georgetown Law Professor and a former public defender in DC. In her book, Rage of I ...

Kristin Henning is a Georgetown Law Professor and a former public defender in DC. In her book, Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth, she discusses how what is ordinary adolescent b ...

January 24, 2022
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COVID Runs Rampant at DJJ Even As Governor Newsom Will Not Let the Kids Return to Their Families

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 17, 2022
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COVID Runs Rampant at DJJ Even As Governor Newsom Will Not Let the Kids Return to Their Families

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor COVID has already devastated California’s prisons at times, but th ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor COVID has already devastated California’s prisons at times, but the new wave has also reached DJJ (Division of Juvenile Justice). According to sources, more tha ...

January 17, 2022
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Did Gascón’s Office Improperly Handle a Murder Case? Prosecutor Offers Another Side to the Story

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 12, 2021
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Did Gascón’s Office Improperly Handle a Murder Case? Prosecutor Offers Another Side to the Story

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Antelope Valley, CA – Andrew Cachu was just shy of his 18th birthd ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Antelope Valley, CA – Andrew Cachu was just shy of his 18th birthday when he shot and killed 41-year-old Louis Amela outside a Palmdale restaurant in March 2015. ...

November 12, 2021
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Bipartisan Florida Legislation Targets Inefficient, Uncollectable Fees Charged to Kids

Posted by alexanderramirez
|Date: October 14, 2021
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Bipartisan Florida Legislation Targets Inefficient, Uncollectable Fees Charged to Kids

By Alexander Ramirez TALLAHASSEE, FL - A bipartisan group of Florida lawmakers has filed the Debt-Free Ju ...

By Alexander Ramirez TALLAHASSEE, FL - A bipartisan group of Florida lawmakers has filed the Debt-Free Justice for Children Act in the Florida House and Senate, which consists of proposal HB 257 and S ...

October 14, 2021
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