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Chief Probation Officer discusses this year's closure of state Division of Juvenile Justice

With state facilities for serious juvenile offenders closing, counties will have to provide programs for young inmates, sometimes until they are 25. ....

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Most 14- and 15-year-olds cannot be tried as adults, California high court rules

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The California Supreme Court upheld a 2018 state law that bans most offenders under 16 from being tried as adults. (Bethany Mollenkof/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
Most 14- and 15-year-olds cannot be tried as adults, California high court rules
SAN FRANCISCO A law that barred most offenders under 16 years old from being tried for crimes as adults does not violate the California Constitution, the state’s highest court decided Thursday.
In a unanimous decision, the California Supreme Court upheld a 2018 state law intended to end one of California’s tough-on-crime measures that helped lead to overcrowded prisons and defied scientific consensus on brain development of juvenile offenders. ....

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California high court upholds law preventing many young teens from being tried as adults

Teens younger than 16 may not be tried as adults, California high court rules
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Teens in a sex offender treatment program at the O.H. Close Youth Correctional Facility in Stockton line up in their dormitory in March 2007. (Steve Yeater / Associated Press)
A law that barred offenders under 16 years old from being tried for crimes as adults meets constitutional muster and may be enforced, the state s highest court decided Thursday.
In a unanimous decision, the California Supreme Court upheld a 2018 state law intended to end one of California s tough-on-crime measures that helped lead to overcrowded prisons and defied scientific consensus on brain development of juvenile offenders. ....

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California Supreme Court upholds young teen prosecution law

A bill introduced in California this week proposes charging all teenagers as juveniles, up to age 20
New research has found that prisons and kids don’t mix. Researchers say that adolescents have lower impulse control, greater mood swings and suffer long-term damage from the kind of prolonged isolation they endure in prison.
But prosecutors argued that some juveniles who committed heinous crimes must be subject to adult trials to ensure public safety.
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Ventura County prosecutors challenged the new state law in the case of a minor identified as “O.G.” Prosecutors said the 15-year-old shot and killed Jose Lopez, 22, of Port Hueneme on April 22, 2018, and stabbed to death Adrian “Mikey” Ornelas, 26, of Oxnard on May 20, 2018, “in order to gain respect from his fellow gang members.” ....

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