Center for Juvenile Law & Policy Receives Grant for Juvenile Innocence Project

Congratulations to PJDC Members Cyn Yamashiro and Maureen Pacheco, and their colleagues at Loyola Law School’s Center for Juvenile Law & Policy, on receiving  $1 million in funding from the Kalmanovitz Charitable Foundation to develop the first west coast Juvenile Innocence and Fair Sentencing Project.   The Project will identify and litigate on behalf of wrongfully …

PJDC Amicus Committee Request for Publication of Opinion Granted

The California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, published In re Jose T. on January 13, 2011, at the request of the PJDC Amicus Committee.  The decision held that it was an abuse of discretion for a trial court to impose an automatic commitment to DJJ on a youth without first considering less restrictive …