This Houston Chronicle report begins with a telling statistic on the rate of juveniles certified as adults in Harris County, where it is estimated that 90 percent of certification petitions filed by prosecutors are approved.
Since state and local authorities declared war on juvenile crime in the 1990s, Harris County courts consistently have prosecuted more underage [...]
The Center for Children, Law & Policy at the University of Houston is hosting In re Gault: A 40-year Retrospective on Children’s Rights
Room 144 – Bates Law Building
University of Houston Law Center
Registration 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Roundtable Event: 9:00 a.m. – Noon
Cost: FREE
Speakers
Michael Lindsay, J.D. , Ph.D.
Ellen Marrus, J.D.
Steven Mintz, Ph.D.
Wallace Mlyniec, J.D.
Irene Merker [...]
The New York Times tackles the issue of children sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole in Lifers as Teenagers, Now Seeking Second Chance, drawing on an Equal Justice Initiative Report Cruel and Unusual: Sentencing 13- and 14-Year-Old Children to Die in Prison. The Times article draws a stark contrast between the United [...]
This new blog is an experiment of the Center for Children, Law & Policy at the University of Houston Law Center. The mission of the Center for Children, Law & Policy is to engage in legal and interdisciplinary scholarship, advocacy and teaching to advance the interests of children through public policy.
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