There are 26 article(s) tagged Dan Michael:
The early and absentee votes are the first to be counted once the polls are closed. The numbers here are the early vote only with separate totals not posted yet on absentee votes.
On “Behind The Headlines,” Memphis City Court Judge Tarik Sugarmon said Juvenile Court Judge Dan Michael’s appearance on the show a week earlier looks like a change in Michael’s attitude toward juvenile justice reform but isn’t.
Dan Michael makes the case on “Behind The Headlines” for court reforms and changes in the police interactions with Black children. It’s a very different view than the one he took five years ago.
A Juvenile Justice Consortium says the U.S. Justice Department should at least take another look at Memphis-Shelby County Juvenile Court and consider returning to some form of federal oversight of the court.
Mercy for young criminals and rehabilitation needn’t be at odds with justice for victims, but those those working with Shelby County Juvenile Court face challenges.
At least two employees in the clerk’s office and Juvenile Court protective services test positive for coronavirus.
Juvenile Court is using video conferencing to get cases moved through the court during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"There may come a time when we must reduce your city services due to city employees becoming infected with the virus,” Mayor Jim Strickland said in an email Thursday afternoon.
Critics have said that because detainees of Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County are juveniles and have not been convicted of a crime, they don’t pose a threat to the community. That makes for a good soundbite, but let’s pull back the curtain on one given day and review why these juveniles are in detention.
A criminal justice reform advocate is calling for all youngsters detained in Shelby County’s juvenile detention center to be released immediately to reduce the impact of the coronavirus.
Shelby County Juvenile Court Judge Dan Michael said during his annual State of the Court address Friday that the court does not "recruit children" and that transferring children to adult court is "the hardest thing I have to do.”
Shelby County Juvenile Court Judge Dan Michael will hold his annual State of the Court address to discuss plans for Juvenile Court in 2020.
Just City executive director Josh Spickler said on the WKNO program “Behind The Headlines” that Juvenile Court needs more resources for children in detention. But he said the question of which children and how many wind up in detention or tried as adults should take priority over the details of the bricks and mortar.
Children transferred from juvenile court to adult court is on the rise. Last year, 90 children were charged as adults and almost all are African American.
The number of charges for violent juvenile crime has increased 64.2% for the first six months of the year, according to Juvenile Court. Officials and youth advocates are seeking solutions.
Shelby County Juvenile Court, along with other county officials, announced Aug. 26 that the court will waive the debt, detention fees and court costs for families of children housed at the detention center.
Shelby County leaders say they are hopeful the final report on Juvenile Court racial bias will clear the path for substantive changes.
Shelby County Commissioners hope to receive the final report on equal protection from the DOJ monitor within the next month.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and Juvenile Court Judge Dan Michael agreed to hire one of the nation's leading juvenile justice statistician to dissect data at the court and find issues involving minority children.
Shelby County Commissioners Tami Sawyer and Mark Billingsley appeared on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast to talk about juvenile justice reform.
The Shelby County Commission will hold a comprehensive discussion on Juvenile Court at its next committee meeting in January.
About 26 results