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The Clinton County Youth Court is looking for youths for an upcoming new member training. Youths in grades 7-12 can become a member of a court that tries real cases ....
And charisse who volunteers and runs it of the brownfield youth court are our foot soldiers of the week. she joins me with one of the youth court members, and i am so happy to have you both here. and let me start with you, michaela, what are you learning as part of the program? well, i would say the brownfield youth court teaches you not only how the young people can make a difference in how to help others burk good life lessons like public speak, and i am pretty sure that if it weren t for charisse, i would not be talking to you. it teaches you what is going on in the real world and the fact that i m in brownsfield youth cou court, i am making a difference and i m proud of that. and so i am extremely proud of you and the model, and talk to me about the kinds of cases ....
Cases for low-level offenders between age 10 and 15, and instead of a courtroom by adults the judges and the attorneys and the jury are a all teenagers and from their own cohort, and the youth court members make up an eight-person jury which asks the questions and doles out sanctions, and the sanctions are ranging from workshops of decision making, peer leadership and education, and essays and apology letters and community service. upon completion of the sanctions the young offenders could have their charges dropped and the probations dismissed or the records expunged and the program makes so it that one mistake does not derail a person s life, a and they can apply in college and jobs without a criminal record shadowing them at every turn. ....