Youth Today
Opinion
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When Kids Behave Like Kids, Don’t Punish Them Like They are Adults
As a criminal defense lawyer and the mother of two girls, I have a very effective disciplinary tool at my disposal: I...
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OP-ED: Extending Justice to All Kids
Humans naturally form groups, and the way we treat those inside our groups is different, usually radically so, from the way we...
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Top Headlines 6/5
Child Welfare Beating death of 8-yr-old boy leads to a review of California’s child welfare agency. Editorial on the death of Gabriel...
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OP-ED: Opening Our Eyes to Uncomfortable Truths
Athens, Ga., is a funny town. It’s the home of the University of Georgia, meaning some 35,000 students make their home here...
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OP-ED: The Victim, the Bully and the Outside
In prison I could often tell who would be a target for victimization. I developed this ability the old fashioned way, through...
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Prisons are no Place for Profit
The Times Tribune published an article Tuesday outlining the final report of Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille covering changes in how...
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Gay Marriage Supports Kids’ Well-Being: American Academy of Pediatrics
The 60,000-member American Academy of Pediatrics announced its support for same-sex marriage yesterday, following a review of 30 years of research comparing...
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Real Reform is Real Change
I read with interest the excellent op-ed by my fellow contributor John Lash titled “Putting a Face on Reform” and his comments...
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U.S. Senate Subcommittee Hears Testimony on School-to-Prison Pipeline
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Twenty-year-old Edward Ward (pictured left), a sophomore on the honor roll at DePaul University, tried to describe to U.S. Sens....
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Recognizing the Invisible Threads Connecting Us All
My first workshop in restorative justice was just a few years ago. I had been studying the literature, and considering how the...
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Reconsidering Life Sentences for Juveniles who Kill
In the 1993 book “Dead Man Walking“, Sister Helen Prejean tells the story of people directly impacted by capital punishment – convicted...
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Juveniles with Mandatory Life Sentences Should be Resentenced
The recent decision (reported here by the L.A. Times) by the U.S. Supreme Court to ban mandatory juvenile life without parole has been rightly celebrated as...
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When the Law Doesn’t Fit the Crime: Lessons from the Blogosphere
Practicing criminal law is not rocket science. It’s also not open-heart surgery. But it’s more than just slapping a slice of cheese...
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Top Headlines 8/29
Education The 2012 GOP education platform stresses teachers staying accountable and school choices for parents and children, reports Huffington Post. Child Welfare...
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Miracle in Philadelphia or Shuffling Deck Chairs on the Titanic?
More than 220 years ago, the eyes of our emerging nation were focused on Philadelphia, as our Founding Fathers gathered there to...
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The Human Cost of Juvenile Life Sentences
Receiving a life sentence is a shock. When the judge said to me, in 1985, “I sentence you to life in prison...
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Prisoners Are Human Beings Too
Sometimes I forget I was in prison, even though I spent nearly a quarter century there. Maybe, I just get caught up in...
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Top Headlines for 11/28
Child Welfare Marcy Valenzuela, a former foster youth from East Los Angeles, makes the case in a Los Angeles Times op-ed that...
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Top Headlines for 11/14
Child Welfare Emily Canal of the New York Times wrote an excellent piece on the struggle of homeless families in the city...
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Top Headlines for 10/25
Child Welfare A gang of vigilante computer hackers linked to the Anonymous group is taking down websites that portray child abuse and...
