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Juvenile Injustice - NY Times Editorial

Friday, 13 July 2007

In this editorial piece the New York Times argues that: "The United States made a disastrous miscalculation when it started automatically trying youthful offenders as adults instead of handling them through the juvenile courts."

Read the full story online at the New York Times website.

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Adult Prison is no place for 17 year olds.

Queensland is the only state in Australia that continues to lock up children in Adult prisons.