Harmful Amendment to JJDPA to Increase Youth Prosecuted in the Adult Criminal Justice System

Harmful Amendment to JJDPA to Increase Youth Prosecuted in the Adult Criminal Justice System This month, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will consider S. 678, the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2009. S. 678 will reauthorize the bipartisan Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA), which has provided critical protections to youth in the juvenile justice system for over 30 years. The Campaign for Youth Justice (CFYJ) and hundreds of other organizations who support the bill have been monitoring the progress of
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