Justice by Geography: After Proposition 57, Some Kids Left in Legal Limbo
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Last November, Californians voted to eliminate direct filing – a procedure that gave prosecutors exclusive power to decide whether to try youth as adults. Direct file was being applied unevenly across counties in California and it targeted youth of color at alarming rates. Champions of juvenile justice reform celebrated. Now, judges – who are seen as more impartial - decide who to send to adult court. But seven months after Proposition 57’s passage, some prosecutors are still fighting to keep minors – whose trials began before last November - in adult court, putting those kids’ futures in limbo.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Date created | June 8, 2017 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Tull, Dylan |
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| Advisor | Zacharia, Janine |
| Degree granting institution | Stanford University, Department of Communication |
Subjects
| Subject | Juvenile Justice |
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| Subject | California |
| Subject | Proposition 57 |
| Subject | Direct File |
| Genre | Thesis |
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Masters Theses in Journalism, Department of Communication, Stanford University
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