Sentences with phrase «as youthful offenders»

ELIZABETHTOWN — More probation officers, family court attorneys will be needed in Essex County as youthful offenders diverted into family court more

ELIZABETHTOWN — More probation officers, family court attorneys will be needed in Essex County as youthful offenders diverted into family court

Not exact matches

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Sweeping clemency action by Governor Andrew Cuomo on December 30 — in which he commuted the sentences of seven felons, pardoned five others, and conditionally pardoned 101 nonviolent youthful offenders — came as welcome news to a longtime gay leader who in recent years has made rehabilitated convicts a key mission -LSB-...]

WFP's Long Island Political Director Jess Carrano also cited Rice's support for the so - called «Raise the Age» campaign (the push to stop trying some youthful offenders as adults) and campaign finance reform — especially the creation of a publicly funded system.

The Cuomo administration said the program does not apply to individuals who were granted youthful offender status as teenagers, which results in records being automatically sealed by courts.

Many of those beds have been left vacant as officials have shifted youthful offenders from upstate facilities to community - based programs closer to their homes.

The report also calls for allowing the records of most youthful offenders to be sealed if they don't reoffend, although records of violent felonies committed by anyone 16 or older could be unsealed and used as a predicate in sentencing for any subsequent violent felony.

Kevin Bryant, as an attorney, deals with juvenile, youthful and adult offenders, face - to - face on a regular basis.This legal experience is an essential item for family court judge since family court justices can make or break a juvenile offender future path in life.

Although drawing conclusions about small population subgroups — such as kids at risk of violence — from broad population trends can be dicey, it is still worth noting that as violent video games proliferated in recent years, the number of violent youthful offenders fell — by more than half between 1994 and 2010, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

It is possible that at some point, immigration authorities could make a legal argument that youthful offender convictions should carry the same immigration consequences as adult convictions.

Massachusetts Youthful Offender Law: This statute permits children between the ages of 14 and 17 to be prosecuted as adults when charged with serious felony crimes.

If convicted, all of these individuals could be legally labeled as sex offenders and be forced to carry a stigma that could haunt them throughout their lives, all for what many might label a youthful, sophomoric indiscretion.

Dr. Bromberg also has nearly a decade of experience in clinical program development and supervision, as the developer and director of ATA's Youthful Offender Program and as the coordinator of child and adolescent evaluation at the Joseph J. Peters Institute.