Following colleagues’ posts, Why Death Penalty Won’t End Sexual Assault: A Social Work Perspective on Kennedy v Louisiana and Supreme Court Rejects Death Penalty for Child Rape, I’ll hazard a slightly different perspective.
As is too often the case, the analysis of the opinion in the media distorts what was actually decided or even what was [...]
As reported by the Kansas City Star and Juvienation, the Kansas Supreme Court decided 6-1 that all juveniles have the right to a jury trial. Previously, it had been the practice in Kansas to have juvenile cases decided by a judge as opposed to a jury because “the benevolent, child-cognizant, rehabilitative, and parens patriae [...]
The nuances of the Supreme Court decision in Kennedy v Louisiana are perhaps more telling than the strict constitutionality of the ruling. The decision written by Justice Kennedy incorporates input from an amicus brief from the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the Louisiana chapter of NASW, the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence and [...]
It was reported today that the Supreme Court rejected the use of capital punishment for convicted child rapists as cruel and unusual in violation of the Eighth Amendement in the case Kennedy v. Louisiana. In the 5-4 decision written by Justice Anthony Kennedy and joined by Justices Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer, the Court [...]
The potential for positive impact of grandparents on their children’s children is well established in literature regarding early childhood development. They are a bridge between the generations providing knowledge of the past and continuity within the family and community. Grandparents often act as rescuers of families in trouble, providing emotional and financial support.
In traditional [...]
