Interesting Piece on Trying Children as Adults
Robert Schwartz, of the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia, contributed a commentary piece to CNN on why children should not be tried as adults in the criminal justice system. Schwartz discusses two similar Pennsylvania cases, though separated by 20 years, and much of the recent research on the intersection between child psychology and development and the criminal justice system. This article is a good primer for anybody interested in the subject of juvenile justice generally, and the issue of trying kids as adults in particular.