http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Juvenile_JusticeFind stories, videos, and photos about Juvenile Justice from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:14:57 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Juvenile_Justice14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Juvenile Justice from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/03/california.boy.murder/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/03/california.boy.murder/index.html#cnnSTCTextA 14-year-old suspect in the murder of a 4-year-old boy found drowned and then stuffed into a clothes dryer in Mendota, California, has been charged as an adult, authorities said Tuesday.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:51:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/28/california.rape.investigation/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/28/california.rape.investigation/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolice investigating the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl have arrested five people, a police spokesman said Wednesday.Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/22/lia.shenandoah.killing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/22/lia.shenandoah.killing/index.html#cnnSTCTextCrystal Dillman says she will never understand why a group of teenage boys beat her fiancé to death.Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:27:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/03/muslim.convert.family/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/03/muslim.convert.family/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe parents of an Ohio teenager who claims her father threatened to kill her because she converted from Islam to Christianity denied Thursday all allegations against them.Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/25/missouri.juvenile.offenders/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/25/missouri.juvenile.offenders/index.html#cnnSTCTextGetting arrested for stealing cars after his 16th birthday may be the best thing that ever happened to Terrence Barkley.Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/25/new.york.youth.center.abuse/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/25/new.york.youth.center.abuse/index.html#cnnSTCTextA new federal report says employees at four New York state juvenile residential centers have been responsible for abuse resulting in concussions, broken bones and even one death.Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/24/liberia.arizona.juvenile.assault/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/24/liberia.arizona.juvenile.assault/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe president of Liberia spoke Friday on the sexual assault of an 8-year-old Liberian refugee in Phoenix, Arizona, decrying reports that the parents believe their family has been shamed by the girl.Sat, 25 Jul 2009 02:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/04/florida.sexual.assault/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/04/florida.sexual.assault/index.html#cnnSTCTextFour teenage boys in Tampa, Florida, were charged as adults Wednesday on allegations of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy.Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/10/iran.executions.death.penalty/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/10/iran.executions.death.penalty/index.html#cnnSTCTextIran wants to reduce the number of "unnecessary executions" it carries out, a spokesman for the Islamic republic's judiciary said.Sun, 10 May 2009 10:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/05/mitchell.juveniles/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/05/mitchell.juveniles/index.html#cnnSTCTextTen years ago, teen Daniel Giddings shot a man during an attempted robbery and was sentenced to six to 12 years in prison.Tue, 05 May 2009 18:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/28/india.mumbai.attacks.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/28/india.mumbai.attacks.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextMedical tests show that the lone surviving suspect in last year's Mumbai terrorist attacks is not a juvenile so should be tried as an adult, prosecutors said Tuesday.Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/20/juvenile.detention.suit/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/20/juvenile.detention.suit/index.html#cnnSTCTextJuveniles held in a Mississippi detention center are subject to "horrific physical and mental abuse" at an insect-ridden, filthy facility, alleges a federal lawsuit filed Monday.Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/23/pennsylvania.corrupt.judges/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/23/pennsylvania.corrupt.judges/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt a friend's sleepover more than a year ago, 14-year-old Phillip Swartley pocketed change from unlocked vehicles in the neighborhood to buy chips and soft drinks. The cops caught him.Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:15:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/09/school.plot/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/09/school.plot/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Pennsylvania teen has been charged as an adult for allegedly planning to kill classmates he did not like before turning the gun on himself in a high school shooting spree, a Pennsylvania prosecutor said Tuesday.Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:19:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1834536,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1834536,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA student fatally shot a 15-year-old classmate during a dispute Thursday at a Knoxville high school, police said, as other teenagers watched in horror after a shooting in a Knoxville, Tenn. high school cafeteriaThu, 21 Aug 2008 16:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1822820,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1822820,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA state watchdog commission has recommended that California phase out its antiquated juvenile prisons by 2011Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/04/juvenile.jails/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/04/juvenile.jails/index.html#cnnSTCTextGirls as young as 13 say they were shackled for weeks at a time in Mississippi.Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/12/17/court.archive.skakel2/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/12/17/court.archive.skakel2/index.html#cnnSTCTextDressed in a conservative blue suit and a starched white shirt, Michael Skakel could have been going to a business meeting rather than a courthouse. And from his placid demeanor, one might have thought the Kennedy cousin was relaxing at the family compound on Cape Cod rather than being arraigned for the brutal 1975 murder of Martha Moxley.Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:11:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/06/omaha.shooting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/06/omaha.shooting/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe troubled teen who killed eight people and himself at an Omaha, Nebraska, mall was placed in a mental health treatment center five years ago after making homicidal threats toward his stepmother, a state official said Thursday.Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:12:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/12/03/jena.six/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/12/03/jena.six/index.html#cnnSTCTextMychal Bell, the 17-year-old black teenager whose arrest and detention led to the "Jena 6" protests, has agreed to a plea deal that could lead to his release by June, his lawyer said Monday.Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:22:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/11/08/jena6.bell/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/11/08/jena6.bell/index.html#cnnSTCTextA juvenile court judge Thursday denied a defense request to drop charges against one of six black students accused in the beating of a white student, according to a source inside the courtroom.Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:01:00 ESThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20158833,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20158833,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnNick Hogan was booked on criminal charges related to his Aug. 26 car crash – while his attorneys tell PEOPLE, "We are confident the evidence will demonstrate that this was an accident."Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:25:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/11/07/jena.six.charges/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/11/07/jena.six.charges/index.html#cnnSTCTextCharges against Bryant Purvis, one of the six black students accused of being involved in beating a white student, were reduced to second degree aggravated battery during his arraignment Wednesday morning.Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:09:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1681041,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1681041,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe suspect behind one of California's wildfires is a 10-year-old. Now the state must decide if it will punish himTue, 06 Nov 2007 16:00:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1672366,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1672366,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe acquittal of seven guards and a nurse charged in the death of a teenage boot-camp inmate has renewed calls for reform of the state's troubled corrections systemWed, 17 Oct 2007 09:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/10/11/bell.jail/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/10/11/bell.jail/index.html#cnnSTCTextA black Louisiana teenager at the center of the racially charged "Jena 6" case was ordered Thursday to spend 18 months in a juvenile facility, after a judge ruled he had violated his probation for earlier juvenile convictions, a source with knowledge of the court proceedings said.Sat, 13 Oct 2007 01:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/11/youth.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/11/youth.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextOn the streets of Philadelphia's toughest neighborhoods, just trying to get ahead can get you killed.Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/12/student.arsenal/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/12/student.arsenal/index.html#cnnSTCTextA woman bought guns and bomb-making material to indulge her socially outcast 14-year-old son, a prosecutor said Friday. Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:25:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1670872,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1670872,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA judge ordered a black teenager back to jail, deciding the fight that put him in the national spotlight violated terms of his probation for a previous convictionFri, 12 Oct 2007 14:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/10/01/arson.child/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/10/01/arson.child/index.html#cnnSTCTextA 10-year-old boy charged with arson and murder in the deaths of his mother and four others was released to the custody of his grandmother Monday in a case that has shocked and divided a small Ohio town.Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/27/jena.six/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/27/jena.six/index.html#cnnSTCTextMychal Bell, a black teenager accused of beating a white classmate and who was the last of the "Jena 6" behind bars, was released from custody Thursday after a juvenile court judge set his bail at $45,000.Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/26/jena.six/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/26/jena.six/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe case of Mychal Bell, a black teenager accused of beating a white classmate in Jena, Louisiana, will be heard in juvenile court, Louisiana's governor announced Wednesday.Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/21/jena.hearing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/21/jena.hearing/index.html#cnnSTCTextMychal Bell, the sole defendant who remains behind bars from the group of teens known as the "Jena 6," will not be released Friday, a court decided. Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/19/jena.six/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/19/jena.six/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Louisiana appeals court ruled it was too early to consider a motion to release a black teenager who allegedly took part in beating up a white classmate in Jena, Louisiana, last year. Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/14/jena.six/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/14/jena.six/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Louisiana appeals court Friday vacated the remaining conviction of a teenager accused in a violent, racially charged incident in Jena, Louisiana, his attorney said.Sat, 15 Sep 2007 05:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/04/bell.jena.six/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/04/bell.jena.six/index.html#cnnSTCTextA judge Tuesday vacated one of two convictions against a teen involved in a violent, racially charged incident in Louisiana that left another teen hospitalized. Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/30/homeless.attack/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/30/homeless.attack/index.htmlA 17-year-old and two 10-year-old boys are being charged with aggravated battery for allegedly beating a homeless man in Florida.Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/28/boot.camp.death/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/28/boot.camp.death/index.htmlEight former employees of the Bay County Sheriff's Office were charged Tuesday with aggravated manslaughter in the death of a 14-year-old at a Florida boot camp for juvenile offenders.Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:52:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/05/bootcamp.death/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/05/bootcamp.death/index.htmlA teenager who died at a Florida boot camp was suffocated by guards who were restraining him, a medical examiner has determined.Fri, 05 May 2006 20:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/08/teen.abuse/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/08/teen.abuse/index.htmlSo your teenage daughter has a boyfriend. Is it love? Look closely, because young girls are increasingly becoming victims of abuse, starting as early as junior high school.Wed, 08 Feb 2006 20:39:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/10/28/vitale.slain/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/10/28/vitale.slain/index.htmlThe mother of a 16-year-old accused of killing a high-profile attorney's wife was released from custody Friday after accessory-to-murder charges against her were dropped, the prosecutor told CNN.Sat, 29 Oct 2005 00:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/09/amies.law/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/09/amies.law/index.htmlA teenage girl who was abused as a child and convinced Wisconsin lawmakers to make public the records of juvenile sex offenders, urged Congress Thursday to create similar federal regulation.Thu, 09 Jun 2005 23:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/05/02/baseball.bat.killing/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/05/02/baseball.bat.killing/index.htmlA 13-year-old California boy pleaded not guilty to murder charges Monday in the killing of a friend with a baseball bat after a youth league game last month.Mon, 02 May 2005 21:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/14/baseball.killing/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/14/baseball.killing/index.htmlA 13-year-old boy accused of fatally striking a 15-year-old friend with a bat after a youth baseball game was charged Thursday as a juvenile with murder, authorities said.Fri, 15 Apr 2005 02:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/18/grace.juveniles/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/18/grace.juveniles/index.htmlThis week in America's courtrooms we have seen tragedy all around. I'm not referring to Michael Jackson's flulike symptoms that brought jury selection to a halt or to Robert Blake's crying jag in front of the jury.Fri, 18 Feb 2005 17:21:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/08/zoloft.trial/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/08/zoloft.trial/index.htmlA child psychiatrist testified Tuesday that Christopher Pittman's behavior was so bizarre the night he shot and killed his grandparents that the boy was psychotic and not responsible for what he did in her opinion.Tue, 08 Feb 2005 17:54:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/04/zoloft.trial/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/04/zoloft.trial/index.htmlA psychiatrist testified Friday that he believes the antidepressant drug Zoloft could have prompted a boy to kill his grandparents three years ago.Fri, 04 Feb 2005 21:07:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/03/zoloft.trial/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/03/zoloft.trial/index.htmlA psychiatrist testified Thursday that the voice that a then-12-year-old boy heard in his head telling him to kill his grandparents was his own.Thu, 03 Feb 2005 18:07:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/11/18/poisoned.cake/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/11/18/poisoned.cake/index.htmlTwo suburban Atlanta schoolgirls accused of using a poisoned cake to sicken more than a dozen classmates are scheduled to appear before a juvenile court judge on assault charges Friday.Fri, 19 Nov 2004 02:04:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/07/05/moxley/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/07/05/moxley/index.htmlConnecticut prosecutors have filed a 114-page brief in the murder case of Michael Skakel, responding to defense allegations of prosecutorial misconduct and other complaints the Kennedy cousin made in his effort to win a retrial.Mon, 05 Jul 2004 14:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/02/05/fl.minors.sexual.battery/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/02/05/fl.minors.sexual.battery/index.htmlTwo South Florida boys are charged with the sexual battery of a 10-year-old girl at an elementary school, local sheriff's officials said.Thu, 05 Feb 2004 22:55:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/28/florida.nurses.indicted/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/28/florida.nurses.indicted/index.htmlSingling out the actions of two nurses as "outrageous," a Florida grand jury indicted two women on manslaughter and third-degree murder charges, finding the two women ignored calls from a dying teen for medical aid at a residential detention facility.Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:18:00 EST