juvenile justice
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A grand jury has indicted 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony on a charge of first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf during a high school track meet earlier this spring, Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis announced this week. The shocking incident, which unfolded in front of student-athletes and spectators at a Frisco school event,…
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Georgia-based attorney Stephanie R. Lindsey, Esq., has issued a strong advisory to parents: under current school policies, students can face suspension—even for trying to break up a fight. In a recent legal explainer shared on her Instagram account, Lindsey addressed a recurring question she encounters in her practice: Can a student be punished for intervening…
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Joe Ligon was 83 when he was released from prison in 2021 after serving nearly seven decades for crimes he committed as a 15-year-old in 1953. When he was freed, he made headlines for his record-breaking sentence and his profound transformation. Ligon’s release, which occurred after Pennsylvania authorities granted him freedom, has prompted a larger…
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Following the fatal shooting at Apalachee High School, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has arrested Colin Gray, the father of the 14-year-old suspect, Colt Gray. Authorities charged the elder Gray with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder, and eight counts of cruelty to children. This comes in connection with his…
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In Senatobia, Mississippi, an 11-year-old Black child, Quantavious Eason, found himself entangled in the legal system after a seemingly minor incident of urinating in public last August. Initially arrested at the tender age of 10, Eason faced the charge of being a child in need of supervision. This led to a probation sentence, coupled with…
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