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Mostly banned from adult courts, polygraphs also shouldn’t be used against juveniles
In 1998, the U.S. Supreme Court banned from courtroom evidence most results from lie-detector tests because those polygraph exams are scientifically flawed and unreliable, a ruling the American P...
Despite outcry over seclusion at juvenile detention centers, Tennessee lawmakers fail to pass oversight bill
Children in Rutherford County, have been arrested and jailed at rates unparalleled in the state. This story reports on an investigation of why that is happening — and other ways the justice s...
Q&A: This Colorado teacher survived Columbine. Here’s how she prioritizes trauma-informed practices.
When Heather Martin was a senior in high school, she survived the 1999 Columbine High School shooting that killed 12 students and one teacher in Littleton, Colorado. Even as she tried to move on ...
What happens when suspensions get suspended?
The Los Angeles school district’s decade-old ban on suspensions for ‘willful defiance’ has benefited students — but also required a major investment in less punitive discipline methods. T...
The parents paying for their children’s crimes
In separate trials earlier this year, Jennifer and James Crumbley became the first parents in U.S. history to be convicted of involuntary manslaughter for a mass shooting committed by their child...
Many states don’t educate people sentenced to life. Now some are coming home.
When Yusef Qualls-El was 17, a judge sentenced him to life behind bars. It was the mid-1990s, an era when the U.S. prison population exploded. Thousands of minors like Qualls-El received sentence...
Amid clamor from protesters, Tennessee Senate passes bill to arm some teachers
Amid outbursts from gun control advocates in the spectator gallery, Tennessee’s GOP-dominated Senate passed a bill Tuesday to allow some teachers and staff to carry concealed handguns in public...
Breaking walls, building bridges: A call for restorative justice in school discipline
Imagine waking up each morning with no hope for the day ahead, navigating a minefield of potential conflicts with your body on high alert. That was my reality as a marginalized youth — misunder...
Report: America’s growing movement to divert youth out of the justice system
After decades of neglect, the youth justice field is awakening to the importance of diversion in lieu of arrest and formal court processing for many or most youth accused of delinquent behavior. ...
For a handful of lawyers in Cuyahoga County, juvenile cases are big business
The juvenile court system is supposed to ensure that young people accused of crimes have legal representation, even if their families can’t afford a lawyer. But in Cuyahoga County, some courtro...