Hope and uncertainty linger as California turns the page on

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Juvenile offenders in California might now have a better chance at rehabilitation instead of facing a mostly punitive sentence in a youth prison system that often only reinforced the patterns of neglect and violence that led many of them into trouble in the first place.

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