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The Gainesville Police Department and the Alachua County Sheriff鈥檚 Office have been arresting more juveniles for first-time misdemeanor offenses rather than issuing citations.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday received three bills from the Legislature, including one that would make changes in how long juveniles can be held in 鈥渄etention care鈥 before adjudicatory hearings.
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A group of former prosecutors from both political parties wants limits on federal prison sentences for juveniles convicted of homicide. They say most young people have the ability to change.
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In most states, a person who commits a property crime can face a felony murder charge if it results in someone being killed, even unintentionally. Juvenile justice advocates say the law is unfair.
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The number of girls in the juvenile justice system has been rising because of arrests for low level offenses like running away or violating curfew. Kentucky is now taking a different approach.
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A federal grand jury has indicted an officer at the Miami-Dade juvenile lockup, charging him with overseeing a "bounty system" that resulted in the death鈥
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For the last two years, the Miami Herald has been looking into systemic abuse within the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), the division鈥
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A bill aimed at decreasing the number of juveniles charged as adults is still alive in the Florida Senate, after narrowly passing its first committee...
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The number of juvenile arrests in Northeast Florida has dropped by more than a quarter over the past five years. A new report from the Florida...
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A new study on diversion programs for juvenile offenders is helping bolster a call to expand their use in Florida.Released Wednesday, the report found鈥
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The Florida Supreme Court has reached a groundbreaking decision about inmates who were sentenced to mandatory life in prison without parole for crimes鈥
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On their first full day as leaders of the Legislature, House Speaker Steve Crisafulli and Senate President Andy Gardiner appeared at a news conference鈥