Table of Contents
Foreword 1
Introduction 4
Chronology 6
1 Reforming Juvenile Justice Barry Krisberg 9
2 Juvenile Offenders Must Be Granted Due Process Rights Under the Fourteenth Amendment: The Supreme Court's Decision Abe Fortas 21
3 Juvenile Criminal Proceedings Should Restore Focus on Minors' Due Process Rights by Returning to Standards Set in In re Gault Benjamin E. Friedman 31
4 Neither the Sixth nor Fourteenth Amendment Guarantees a Juvenile Offender the Right to a Trial by Jury: The Supreme Court's Decision Harry Blackmun 44
5 The Withholding of Jury Trials from Juvenile Offenders Is Outdated in a More Punitive Juvenile Justice System Katherine Hunt Federle 54
6 Juveniles Should Be Tried As Adults When They Have Committed Violent Crimes Linda J. Collier 63
7 Juveniles Should Not Be Tried or Sentenced As Adults Patrick T. McCormick 70
8 The Mother of a Son Incarcerated in an Adult Prison Tells Why the System Fails Young People Personal Narrative Tracy McClard 80
9 Rates of Juvenile Incarceration Should Be Reduced Richard A. Mendel 89
10 A Woman Who Spent Time in a Youth Detention Facility Recounts the Poor Treatment She Received There: Personal Narrative Rachel Carrión 99
11 Juveniles Should Not Be Exempted from the Death Penalty As a Group, but Judged on an Individual Basis Dan Cutrer 105
12 Sentencing a Juvenile Offender to the Death Penalty Violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments: The Supreme Court's Decision Anthony Kennedy 111
13 Minors Should Be Sentenced to Life in Prison Without Parole Under Certain Circumstances Scott D. Makar 120
14 It Is Unconstitutional to Sentence Minors to Life in Prison Without Parole for Crimes Less than Homicide: The Supreme Court's Decision Anthony Kennedy 129
15 A Prisoner Explains How He Has Grown to Understand the Significance of His Crime Personal Narrative James Earl Jackson 139
16 A Mother of a Murder Victim Argues That Minors Should Not Be Sentenced to Life Without Parole: Personal Narrative Linda L. White 144
17 The Sister of a Murder Victim Urges Legislators Not to Abolish the Life Without Parole Sentence for Juvenile Murderers: Personal Narrative Bobbi Jamriska 150
Organizations to Contact 157
For Further Reading 164
Index 167
