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A 20 page paper that examines the problems and controversy that plague the current American juvenile justice system. Discussed is the historical development of the system and its problems, research findings concerning these problems, and the opposing views of current juvenile justice reform measures. Also discussed are the attempted solutions to these problems and the possible future expectations of the overall system. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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the attempted solutions to these problems and the possible future expectations of the overall system. Bibliography lists 12 sources. LCguns.doc Young Guns - The Point Blank Question
of Juvenile Justice Written by Linda Canada 08/2000 Please I. The End of Innocence On
the afternoon of October 31, 1997, an assortment of goblins, ghouls, witches and wizards tumbled out the door of their sixth grade classroom and onto the grounds of their Pontiac,
Michigan elementary school. Among the varied Halloween haunts was Nathanial Jamar Abraham, his eleven-year-old face painted with the trademarks of trick or treat in anticipation of the early evenings
activities. What awaited Nathanial Abraham on the grounds of his elementary school, however, was neither trick nor treat. What awaited Nathanial Abraham that Halloween afternoon in 1997 was
the grim reality of late twentieth-century American society ran amok, a reality that took the form of uniformed police officers and an arrest warrant citing first-degree murder. Instead of going
trick or treating, eleven-year-old Nathanial went to jail for the shooting death of eighteen-year-old Ronnie Greene Jr., a murder young Nate admitted having committed two days earlier on October 29
(Emerge, 1998; p. 48). Just nine months prior, on January 1, 1997, the state of Michigan had implemented its aggressive "get tough on juvenile offenders" law (Bradley, 1999; PG).
This law allowed the state prosecution to try juvenile criminal cases in the adult justice court system at its discretion, regardless of the age of the offender. The
state of Michigan chose to prosecute the eleven-year-old as an adult, making Nathanial Abraham the youngest offender to be tried in the American adult court system since the organization of
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