Report: Florida Leads the Nation on Charging Kids as Adults

Report: Florida leads the nation on charging kids as adults
Even within Florida, the chances a young teenager will end up charged as an adult varies between jurisdictions, something the report's authors want to see changed. “The same child, accused of the same offense, may receive vastly different treatment …
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Addiction Stigma Interfers With Legislation
Many young people and their families have no idea how quickly a crisis can happen. They do not know to administer mouth to mouth CPR and are … But young adults do not have the resources to do it on their own, and the shame makes them shy away from …
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“Bathtub girls” are all but free. Rehab success or legal failure?
“And then if you ask them if kids should be treated the same as adults, they don't want that,” he said. The girls — whose identities are forever protected by a court order — were 15 and 16 … For more than a century, Canadians have — at least in …
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