A 5-year-old girl was assaulted by other children, and a 9-year-old and a 10-year-old are facing serious charges. The case ...

Experts say the criminal justice system wasn't built for defendants this young, as Cuyahoga County grapples with a disturbing ...

The bills would require judges to refer some students to diversion programs instead of detention and eliminate most fines and ...

Juvenile crime in California is rising – and rising by a lot. Last year, the number of juveniles arrested for all types of offenses reached 32,874, which was a staggering increase of 70 percent from ...

State Attorney Monique Worrell highlighted staffing and funding challenges, and renewed calls for legislative changes to ...

According to statistics given to us by the Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office, offenders under the age of 18 charged with a crime in the first six months of the year went from 191 in 2022 to 590 ...

Prosecutors and Republican state lawmakers want to roll back some of North Carolina's 'Raise The Age' juvenile justice changes. Their bill passed a Senate committee over opposition from advocates from ...