Melvin Blevins Jailed For Forcing 18-Month Niece To Smoke Weed

Melvin Blevins, 19 years old, has been arrested and sentenced to ten years in prison for video taping himself forcing his 18 month old niece to smoke marijana. The video tape was found inside a camera at a pawn shop in Ohio. Blevins is shown giving the little girl a glass...

NYS OCFS: "A culture of brutality" at Tryon

According to a lawyer who has brought several cases against the State of New York, a recently issued U.S. Department of Justice report critical of four state-run juvenile detention facilities verifies within New...

NYS lawmakers push for answers after murder of youth counselor

NY State lawmakers continue to push for answers after the recent murder of 24 year old youth counselor Renee Greco. Greco, who was working alone at Avenue House, a group home for troubled youth in Lockport, NY,...

Pumpkins in April

As oddly placed it was, it was there. As you walked by, you where compiled to stop and stare.  How absurd, one would think.  But in mere moments you would be on your away, forgetting the bizarreness of the...

Bennett timeline update

"Details in police's case reveal chilling, devious planning by victim's uncle July 5, 2008 By Daniel Barlow Vermont Press Bureau ...

27 arrests in Quebec child porn ring bust

"MONTREAL -- 27 arrests in Quebec child porn ring bust Canwest News Service Published: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 An extensive child pornography ring has been cracked with the arrest of 27 people, Quebec provincial...

Murder at 11--Drug Dealer at 22, Nathaniel Abraham Falls Through the Cracks

Sounds like that state government "rehabilitation" did this kid some real good.  Hats off to the State of Michigan.  Now we can pay more tax dollars to house him again for another 20 years.  I am of...

First a rapist, now a life partner

A teenage boy raped his girlfriend and took her nude photograph to blackmail her. He was arrested under the rape charges but after court's ruling he married her. "A juvenile court in Chennai has united in wedlock a 19-year old youth with his girlfriend, whom he had...

Killing Children In The Name of Justice

OPINION PIECE:Disclosure: I'd like to say up front that I have moral and religious issues against the death penalty. To me, it's not our decision whether or not to kill people - that is purely the domain of one's...

Reading, Righting, Rithmatic, and Rage

Reading, Righting, Rithmatic, and RageSummary and Conclusion by Albert N. MillironThere is a bit more going on in Waycross Georgia's Center Elementary School, then "the Golden Rule" and Reading, Writing, and...

Rapper Juvenile Arrested for Pot Possession

Go figure: another rapper, another drug possession charge."The rapper known as Juvenile was arrested Tuesday after police pulled him over for an expired tag and found marijuana in his car, authorities said....

Trial of Jena 6 defendant will be open to public

"Trial of Jena 6 defendant will be open to public CHICAGO TRIBUNE BY HOWARD WITT HOUSTON _ Replying to a lawsuit filed by a coalition of U.S. media companies, the judge overseeing the trial of Mychal Bell, one of the teenage defendants in the racially-charged Jena 6 case in...

“You kill a dog, you go to jail,”

This is a sad case which if you have seen the video you must question the verdict.  Ths kid what beat and choked on film and still the jury finds these guards not guilty.  "PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) -...

After All The Major Headlines - Same Old Texas Youth Commission Continues On

Everyone thought the Texas Legislature changed TYC! What a joke. Some good changes have occurred. Many things still need to be changed. The good ole boys from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the good ole boys from the Texas Youth Commission, turn out to be good...

Boot Camp Death Trial Starts

"PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) - Protesters say they doubt an all-white jury will be impartial in the trial of seven juvenile boot camp guards and a nurse charged in the death of 14-year-old inmate. Opening statements were to begin Wednesday, and the Florida State Conference of the...

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