juvenile justice

NEWSFLASH: Osama Bin Laden Killed by American Operatives in Pakistan: Other News of the Weekend.

May 02, 2011 05:00

Tonight the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (POTUS) announced that the CIA in co-ordination with the Pakistani Government located and killed OSAMA BIN LADEN Public Enemy number one (here and abroad.) That news is important and it is welcomed. I cannot say I am disappointed in anything...

The Ciavarella Racketeering Conviction

Stuart A. Carpey
March 23, 2011 21:04

This will be the third time I’ve written about former Luzerne County judge Mark A. Ciavarella, Jr. who was convicted of racketeering and conspiracy by a federal jury in Scranton, Pennsylvania on February 18, 2011. The case involves Ciavarella and another former Luzerne County judge, Michael...

The State of Sentencing 2010: Developments in Policy and Practice

March 11, 2011 18:42

A February 2011 report of The Sentencing Project — “a national organization [founded in 1986] working for a fair and effective criminal justice system by promoting reforms in sentencing law and practice, and alternatives to incarceration” — titled ” The State of...

The Choices We Make

Rick Horowitz
February 07, 2011 19:17

Again I’m here thinking, “Man, you really have to do more blogging.” But I’m not going to apologize: the reason this time is that I’ve been busily developing a different writing project. It’s something I’ve been thinking about doing for about a year now. ...

Disposition

Rick Horowitz
May 15, 2010 19:02

Yesterday  morning I had a juvenile hearing.  We call it a “Disposition.”  The term shares a relationship, via Latin, with “dispose,” as in “dispose of.” It is nevertheless appropriate, given what usually happens.  I don’t have the book with me, so I...