The Supreme Court is to hear arguments in a case that could put the brakes on what has been a gradual move toward more leniency for children who are convicted of murder.

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Recent reports of violent clashes between juvenile inmates and prison workers are overblown, and an order to reduce the use of pepper spray and solitary confinement should not be changed, attorneys argued in filings made in federal court Friday.

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Wisconsin officials are seeking the restoration of federal grants they haven't been able to tap into for the past two years to fund juvenile justice programs.

Tagged with: Juveniles Paul Connell

Research agencies doing work under a federal court improvement grant would have access to juvenile court records under a bill passed out of committee on Monday.

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Wisconsin lawmakers are considering a bill that would treat some 17-year-old offenders as juveniles rather than have them tried in adult court.

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A bipartisan bill that would reverse a Wisconsin state law that requires all 17-year-old offenders to be treated like adults is moving quickly in the state Legislature.

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Non-violent 17-year-old offenders in Wisconsin would no longer be treated as adults in the justice system under a bipartisan proposal in the Legislature.

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Wisconsin has drastically lowered its incarceration rate for youth offenders, partly relying more on community-based programs and less on confinement options, according to a national study.

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Two 13-year-old Wisconsin boys are charged with using a hatchet and hammer to kill one boy's great-grandmother while stealing jewelry and a car from her home.

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After two failed attempts, a state legislator will try again to reinstate jury trials for juveniles facing extended detention.

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2011AP1198 Dawn H. v. Pah-Nosa B.

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2011AP2053 & 2011AP2054 Dane County Department of Human Services v. Nikita B.

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2010AP2529 Griffin v. Department of child Support Enforcement, et al.

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Yesterday, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in two new cases that will test the limits of the Court’s important 2010 ruling in Graham v. Florida, which banned the sentence of life without possibility of parole for most juvenile offenders.

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2010AP2737 In re the termination of parental rights to Samantha L.C.

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2011AP1747, 2011AP1748, 2011AP1749, 2011AP1750 In re the termination of parental rights to Lamontae B., et al.

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2011AP1524 In re the termination of parental rights to Mercedes F.

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2011AP667 In re the termination of parental rights to Nasyr K. J.M.

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2011AP1276, 2011AP1277, 2011AP1278, 2011AP1279, 2011AP1280 In re the termination of parental rights to Nathkesha M., et al.

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Juveniles TPR; abandonment; right to jury trial

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Juveniles TPR; abandonment; good cause

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Juveniles Termination of parental rights

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Juveniles TPR; constitutionality

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Juveniles TPR; due process; appearance by telephone

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Juveniles TPR; ineffective assistance; audible sidebar

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Juveniles TPR; competence; ineffective assistance; sufficiency of the evidence

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Juveniles TPR; motions to reopen

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Juveniles Delinquency; sufficiency of the evidence

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Juveniles TPR; GAL appointment

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Juveniles TPR; ineffective assistance

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