DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – Juvenile judges in Ohio will now decide whether a case should be heard in adult court or remain in juvenile court. This, after the state supreme court ruled mandatory transfer of ...

Those offenses, both high-level felonies, resulted in Mahoning County Juvenile Court Judge Theresa Dellick determining that Thomas met the criteria for a part of Ohio law that is meant to address the ...

As the Cranford community mourns the deaths of two teenage girls in what authorities say was an intentional crash by a 17-year-old driver, attention now turns to a critical legal question. Will ...

Maryland’s juvenile justice commission recommended ending the state’s practice of automatically charging children as adults ...

In Louisville, Black children make up about a quarter of the city’s youth population. Statewide, it’s even less — about 9%.

As Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson’s tough-on-crime approach breaks from that of her predecessor, juvenile justice commissioners pushed back on Wednesday, criticizing what they ...

Shreveport Republican Senator Alan Seabaugh's bill that seeks to authorize district courts to handle felony cases involving juveniles aged 15 and older has been met with fierce opposition from critics ...