JUVENILES TRIED/SENTENCED as ADULTS RESOURCES
These are Juveniles Tried/Sentenced as Adults Resources.
Please also see:
Juvenile Justice (U.S.) || Juvenile Justice (International)
Juvenile Corrections || Youth Violence
ARTICLES/INFORMATION/RESEARCH
(click here for Organizations/Agencies)
Paul Henry Gingerich, Convicted Of Murder As Adult At Age 12, Could Be Retried As Juvenile
Huffington Post, March 08, 2013
Judge: California boy murdered neo-Nazi dad, knew it was wrong
This is California, where race-war is the standard in all penal institutions. Which car is this kid going to be able to get into?
CNN, January 14, 2013
- Sentencing for California boy who killed neo-Nazi dad at age 10 postponed
Daily News, March 01, 2013
High Court Rejects Mandatory Life Sentences for Juveniles
Wall Street Journal, June 25, 2012
Defense: 12-year-old charged in toddler's death was abused, neglected as child
Florida Times-Union, June 03, 2011
- No plea deal for Cristian Fernandez; trial set for February
Florida Times-Union, December 06, 2011
Juvenile Life Without Parole: Review of Sentences
Policy statement from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, April 2011
Boy, 12, faces grown-up murder charges
CNN, February 10, 2010
Statement Re: Roper v. Simmons
Statement from Robert J. Grey Jr, President, American Bar Association, March 01, 2005
Judge: Try Malvo as an Adult
CNN, January 16, 2003
- Sniper Malvo Sentenced to Life Without Parole
CNN, May 5, 2004
Panhandle Boys Indicted For Murdering Father
Associated Press, December 12, 2001
- Deputy Fired Over Friendship in Boys' Murder Case
Associated Press, March 24, 2002 - Love Letter Found on Wall of Chavis' Cell
Pensacola News Journal, April 03, 2002 - Chavis Charged in King Murder
Gulf Herald, April 10, 2002 - Chavis Indicted for King Murder
Pensacola News Journal, April 12, 2002 - Florida Boys Convicted in Father's Death
New York Times, September 07, 2002 - Boys' Convictions in Dad's Killing Thrown Out
CNN, October 18, 2002 - King Brothers Get Reduced Jail Sentences
CNN, November 14, 2002
Death Penalty For Juveniles Under Scrutiny
Christian Science Monitor, August 27, 2002
Ruling Opens Way For Young Convicts
Palm Beach Post, July 25, 2002
Age For Executions Raised to 18
Indianapolis Star, March 27, 2002
Court Upholds Life in Prison For Teenager
Florida Times-Union, February 07, 2002
Revised Young Offenders Act Soon to Be Law
Toronto Star, February 04, 2002
Young Inmates Found to Keep Life of Crime
Miami Herald, July 31, 2001
Group Decries Pending Texas Execution
Associated Press, July 31, 2001
Too Young to Vote, Old Enough to be Executed
Report from Amnesty International, July 31, 2001 regarding the U.S.'s execution of individuals whose crimes were committed as juveniles.
Boy Who Shot Teacher Convicted of Murder
Associated Press, May 16, 2001
- Teen Who Killed Teacher Sentenced To 28 Years In Prison
CNN, July 27, 2001
States Adjust Adult Prisons to Needs of Youth Inmates
New York Times, July 25, 2001
"He Was Protecting Me"
Hartford Courant, July 10, 2001
- Teen's Case To Stay In Adult Court
Hartford Courant, July 21, 2001
NJ Supreme Court Affirms Lower Court in Advancing Killer's Parole Eligibility
The Associated Press, June 14, 2001
New Bill Protects Kids In Prison
Miami Herald, May 04, 2001
- Fla. Gov. Bush Signs Prison Bill
Associated Press, June 13, 2001
Tough Juvenile Sentencing Getting Second Look
Reuters, May 18, 2001
Congo: Don't Execute Child Soldiers
Human Rights Watch, May 02, 2001
Americans Want Child Criminals Sentenced As Kids
Reuters, March 28, 2001
Kids in Prison, Part 1
The Miami Herald, March 18, 2001
- Kids in Prison, Part 2
The Miami Herald, March 19, 2001
Kids on Trial: 'Justice by Geography'
Christian Science Monitor, February 08, 2001
The Latest Trend in Child Sexual Exploitation: Rape in Adult Prisons
A report from Joanne Mariner, FindLaw columnist, attorney, and deputy director of the Americas division of Human Rights Watch, regarding juveniles sentenced to adult penal institutions, and their increased vulnerability to sexual assault and exploitation as a result (January 25, 2001).
17 Executed for Crimes as Juveniles
Associated Press, December 03, 2000
Age Raising Ethical Questions
Associated Press, December 03, 2000
Juveniles and the Death Penalty
Report on juveniles and the death penalty from the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention (November 2000)
Youth Among Us: Addressing Youthful Offenders
Article from National Institute of Corrections regarding youthful offenders in adult prisons, February 22, 1999
Trying Juveniles as Adults in Criminal Court: An Analysis of State Transfer Provisions
Report by the Office for Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, December 1998
Juvenile Felony Defendants in Criminal Courts. State Court Processing Statistics, 1990-94
Special report regarding juveniles transferred to adult criminal courts from the Office of Juvenile Justice at the U.S. DOJ (September 1998)
Juvenile Competency To Stand Trial: Questions in an Era of Punitive Reform
Report regarding juveniles tried and sentenced as adults, from the A.B.A.'s Juvenile Justice Center, Fall 1997
Paying For Our Inaction
by Andrew Vachss, New York Newsday, April 28, 1989
Serious, Violent, and Habitual Juvenile Offenders
Text of a speech given by Andrew Vachss at an Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention workshop (January-February 1983)
Child Abuse: A Ticking Bomb
by Andrew Vachss, Change: A Juvenile
Justice Quarterly, Vol. V, No. 3, 1982
The Life-Style Violent Juvenile
by Andrew Vachss, 5/1 Change 10, 1981
COMMENTARY and OPINION
Little Adult Criminals
New York Times, May 23, 2001
Society Abandons Nathaniel Brazill
The Miami Herald, May 09, 2001
ORGANIZATIONS/AGENCIES
(click here for Articles/Information/Research)
ABA Juvenile Justice Center
American Bar Association
740 15th Street, NW, 7th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 662.1506
www.americanbar.org/groups/criminal_justice.html
The Sentencing Project
Juveniles in Adult Criminal Courts
Suite 1000
Washington, D.C. 20004
Phone: (202) 628-0871
www.sentencingproject.org/template/page.cfm?id=184
