Discusses the harm in the criminal legal system caused by the “adultification bias” of Black youth versus white youth as well as harm done by prolonged incarceration in juvenile prison.
Paul Rivers, a Black man charged in a criminal case, was convicted at trial following the empaneling of a jury panel without any Black potential jurors.
People who were convicted of sex offenses as juveniles years ago, and who were determined to be the lowest risk category, sued to stop the release of records in response to a public records request.
Department of Children Youth and Families must make active efforts to prevent the breakup of Indigenous families at any hearings or proceedings that seek the removal of an Indigenous child from their family
Criminal case where the charge is based on material the police found in searching a person’s home computer, far beyond the scope of the search authorized by the search warrant.
Criminal case in which a woman who complied with all the terms of her sentence following a criminal conviction and spent the last decade rehabilitating herself was denied the vacation of her conviction.
