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Pacific Juvenile Defender Center

Pacific Juvenile Defender Center
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“The right to representation by counsel is not a formality. It is not a grudging gesture to a ritualistic requirement. It is of the essence of justice.”

— Kent v. United States, 383 U.S. 541 (1966) 

 

Recorder Article – Courts Seek Ruling on Long Prison Sentences for Juveniles

Below is a link to an article that appeared in The Recorder on June 10, 2011, on courts awaiting the state Supreme Court’s decision in People v. Caballero where a Second District panel upheld a 110-year sentence for a schizophrenic juvenile convicted of attempted murders after he went on a gang-related shooting rampage when he was 16.   The Pacific Juvenile Defender Center is preparing an amicus curiae brief in this case as are other national groups.

http://www.law.com/jsp/ca/PubArticleCA.jsp?id=1202496948252&slreturn=1&hbxlogin=1