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Putting Teens in the Pen Next to Adult Felons

By AAN Staff
december 20, 2002  05:17 pm
Putting Teens in the Pen Next to Adult Felons
Eight years ago, Georgia lawmakers decided that children of a certain age who commit one of seven crimes are no longer children. Instead, they would be handed to the adult court system; a juvenile judge would have no say. If convicted, they would have to serve at least 10 years alongside adult murderers, rapists and molesters. Unlike the adults, they would never become eligible for parole. All has gone according to plan. That's exactly what many feared. Mara Shalhoup looks at the consequences of the controversial law.
View full article at Creative Loafing (Atlanta)