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The elimination of court fines and fees… diversion from detention… and more resources. As Colin Jackson reports—those are all part of a new juvenile justice package signed into law today.
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The package covers changes like the use of mental health and risk screenings to divert kids from the juvenile justice system… and the expansion of state resources that serve children.
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One goal is to identify low-risk, non-violent offenders for a track that keeps them out of juvenile detention facilities
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The state House Criminal Justice Committee opened hearings Tuesday on legislation that could allow people sentenced to life in prison when they were teenagers the possibility of parole
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Bills scheduled for a Michigan House committee hearing Tuesday would ban life sentences for anyone aged 18 and under
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The state of Michigan is asking a higher court to stop a federal judge from interfering in the resentencing of so-called juvenile lifers.The attorney…
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A federal appeals court says Michigan still has not fixed problems with its juvenile lifer law that was declared unconstitutional four years ago. The US…