Ziyad Hopkins, a Youth Advocacy Division attorney and 2015 Ian S. Axford Fellow in Public Policy, recently returned from studying New […]
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President Obama Proclaims October 2015 National Juvenile Justice Awareness Month
President Obama proclaimed October 2015 to be National Youth Justice Awareness Month. He highlighted many of the issues central to […]
Thanks to the Unsung Heroes for Keeping us Safe
By Michael A. Cohen July 04, 2015 As Americans celebrate America’s 239th birthday Saturday, we should pause to thank […]
SJC takes age into account and upholds judge’s dismissal of delinquency complaint.
In Commonwealth v. Ilya I., SJC -11637 (February 13, 2015), the SJC reversed the Appeals Court and upheld a juvenile […]
Private playground open to public not “school or park” for purposes of G. L. c. 94C, sec. 32J
In a case charging the defendant with the sale of marijuana within 100 feet of a school or park, the […]