Juveniles and the Supreme Court

Cases involving criminal charges against juveniles have been around for a long time. Last weeks edition of Newsweek Magazine contained an article penned by a former juvenile offender. Please take a look at it here.

The author, Raphael Johnson, points to two current cases coming before the supreme court that deal with the contentious issue of convicting children to life terms in prison.

The first,

Can be found on,

The second,

Can be found on the SCOTUS Wiki.

Both cases are also mentioned on the webpage of the Juvenile Law Center.