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One Hundred Years Later - We've Changed Our Minds

The first juvenile courts sprung up in the United States in 1899, holding forth the tenet that children should be rehabilitated instead of merely punished for crimes in the adult criminal system. For better or worse, California has taken the first step back from that century-old philosophy. With Proposition 21, voted into practice on Super Tuesday, Californians will make it easier for juvenile defendants to pass into the adult system and suffer very adult punishments.

Mon, 13 Mar 2000 04:32:14 -0800

Submitted by: Melissa Kozlowski