On July 25th, the Philadelphia Daily News reported that state lawmakers will be holding hearings about life-without-parole sentences for juveniles.
Pennsylvania has 444 people serving life-without-parole sentences for crimes they committed as juveniles, according to Human Rights Watch. Nationally, 2,484 lifers are behind bars for crimes they committed as juveniles. No youth outside [...]
On July 8th, ABC’s Nightline aired an incredible story about child slavery in Haiti. Reporter Dan Harris began his “unsettling experiment” one morning in Manhattan and within 10 hours, he had purchased a 10 year old girl in Haiti for $150. You can read or watch the rest of the report online. Also, Dateline NBC [...]
In November 2008, the Sunset Commission will issue a report with recommendations for TYC. (Link) The Sunset commission “periodically evaluate a state agency to determine if the agency is still needed, and what improvements are needed to ensure that state funds are well spent. Based on the recommendations of the Sunset Commission, the Texas Legislature [...]
Unfortunately, children are sometimes confronted with serious adult situations with lifelong consequences. On April 2, 2008, a fourteen year old Baytown girl encountered such a situation when she gave birth to a baby in the restroom of her junior high school (Houston Chronicle Story). According to the girl’s lawyer, she was unaware she was pregnant [...]
