Under Public and Legal Pressure, Louisiana Finally Moves Children Out of Angola Prison
Special to the Vanguard Baton Rouge, LA – After more than a year of national and local…
Monday Morning Thoughts: The Public Spectacle Continues of a 13-Year-Old Who Tragically Killed People in a Vehicle
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – Last week Yolo County Judge Janene Beronio rejected…
Annual CA Attorney General Report Reveals – Among Other Statistics – Nearly 2 Californians Shot by Law Enforcement Daily, Most of Them Brown and Black
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief OAKLAND, CA – More than 600 people, or nearly…
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…
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 Francisco…
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 likely to…
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 Attorney…
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…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 164: Pathbreaking Judge LaDoris Cordell
Retired Judge LaDoris Cordell joins Everyday Injustice to discuss her experience as a woman of color, appointed…
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 as adults has…
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 demands…
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 ineffective…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 156: Kristina Kersey and Youth Justice
This week on Everyday Injustice, we have Kristina Kersey who last year joined The Gault Center (formerly…
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 in a…
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 in a…
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…
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 Attorney Shalena…
Gascón Backtracks on Life Sentences and Juvenile Justice
Los Angeles, CA – On Friday, the LA Times reported that memos issued by Los Angeles District…
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 lead…
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,…