A Maryland commission is recommending that the state do away with its practice of automatically charging youth as adults for certain crimes, saying it doesn't improve public safety and can harm the ...

A Sumner County kindergartener with autism is facing assault charges after outbursts at school, leaving his parents shaken ...

Alameda County is implementing a literacy intervention program to address the lowest reading levels among high school ...

An immigration attorney is voicing his concerns about tear gas being deployed into a home with small children inside. “My big ...

For the past 30 years, it’s been clear: Native American children in Washington state are far more likely to be arrested and jailed than white kids.

The Law Society recently provided input to the General Scheme of the Children (Amendment) Bill 2024 at an Oireachtas hearing.

Plenty of court intervention programs exist in Baton Rouge, though District Attorney Hillar Moore said there are few, if any, around the country that take in youth caught with guns. “Ours is really ...

A teenager from Nasonworth has been sentenced to 3.5 years in a community-based rehabilitation and supervision program, for ...

Trey Martinez Fischer is testing the waters for Bexar County district attorney, launching an exploratory committee and ...

Americans expressed record-high levels of support for leniency, but opinions remained divided by political party, per a new ...

Other writers question a state comptroller candidate's plan for the state pension fund, rising plastic pollution and more.

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