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Juvenile Justice
The law for juvenile offenders in the U.S. justice system has become more lenient over the last several years. The movement has gone so far as to create, in some areas, a new category of offenders, called “emerging adults,” defined as “justice-involved individuals up to age 25.” This link takes you to an article highlighting the dangers of this approach: Why teenage NYC criminals never seem to see jail time
Recent data on Homicide surge: Click here
Keep an eye out for this: in some states, criminal justice reformers have successfully changed the rules for discovery, essentially throwing sand in the gears of the process. This is by design and a new frontier in the effort to destabilize the criminal justice system. What happens elsewhere, often eventually finds its way to Indiana. Click here to read about it
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