Can the teen mind grasp the consequences of taking a life?
As the legal system moves forward, families are still in pain and a community tries to make sense of a teen accused of ...
Texas lawmakers consider banning pepper spray, other reforms in juvenile detention centers
A Texas House committee is considering legislation that would overhaul much of the work at the Texas Juvenile Justice ...
Public safety services survive federal cuts
Lawmakers on the House Appropriations Committee this week reviewed budget requests from several Louisiana public safety ...
Teen girl charged in stabbing of 16-year-old N.J. boy
Officers were called to a residence on the 100 block of Church Street in Bridgeton on Sunday afternoon and found a 16-year-old Walnut Street boy bleeding from a stab wound, Bridgeton police said. He ...
Parent turns in 11-year-old son wanted for attempted stabbing
An 11-year-old boy wanted for the attempted stabbing at Alderwood Middle School on Friday afternoon was booked after one of his parents turned him in.
11-year-old allegedly tries to stab student at Lynnwood middle school
An 11-year-old was booked into a juvenile detention center Sunday after he allegedly tried to stab another student at a ...
Los Angeles County announce mammoth $4 billion tentative settlement covering 6,800 sexual abuse claims
The settlement would be the most expensive in county history and will impact budgets for years if not decades, to come, the ...
Youthful offender sentencing bill would provide hope to hundreds of inmates serving lengthy terms
Illinois lawmakers are considering a bill that would make a resentencing possibility for inmates serving lengthy sentences ...
Recruited by gangs, exploited by Iran
Teenagers are being hired by gangs to carry out crimes in Sweden. Now, security services say, some are unwittingly acting on behalf of the Iranian regime.