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Cross-posting thoughts on Kennedy v. Louisiana from the Children and the Law Blog
What follows is a post I put up earlier today on Children and the Law Blog: Further Thoughts on Kennedy v. Louisiana -
Following colleagues’ posts, Why Death Penalty Won’t End Sexual Assault: A Social Work Perspective on Kennedy v Louisiana and Supreme Court Rejects Death Penalty for Child Rape, I’ll hazard a slightly different […]
Considering Harris County’s Public Defender System and Youth
Rather than re-post this in full, I’ll just point out my recent post Anticipating Effect of Public Defender System on Representation of Indigent Youth in Harris County on the Children and the Law Blog, part of my work for the Center for Children, Law & Policy. This follows up on my previous post Call for […]
Children and the Law, the Blog
Just a shameless plug and an apology for the light blogging - as part of my work with the Center for Children, Law and Policy at the University of Houston Law Center, we’ve launched a new Children and the Law Blog as part of the center’s mission in promoting interdisciplinary scholarship, advocacy and teaching to advance the interests of children through public policy. Visit often.
Gault @ 40 Symposium at the University of Houston Law Center
We’re hosting an upcoming symposium at the Center for Children, Law & Policy on In re Gault a landmark 1967 Supreme Court Case finding a right to counsel for juveniles accused of crimes.
The case involved a 15-year-old boy, Gerald Francis Gault. After a trial in juvenile court, Gerald was placed in a “training school” for […]