Behind the Headlines Podcast: Juvenile justice
Executive Director of Just City Josh Spickler discusses juvenile justice in Shelby County with host Eric Barnes and Daily Memphian reporter Bill Dries.
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Executive Director of Just City Josh Spickler discusses juvenile justice in Shelby County with host Eric Barnes and Daily Memphian reporter Bill Dries.
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.
Raymond Santana – one of the members of the Exonerated Five, formerly known as the Central Park Five – will speak at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis Saturday, Nov. 16.
Noura Jackson was in Memphis with the author of a book that criticizes the handling of Jackson's trial for her mother's murder.
Just City's clients report higher wages, more stable hours and healthier families because they were able to get better jobs after expungement of their records.
Tennessee officials have defended capital punishment, saying it brings justice to victims' families. But at a recent discussion at LeMoyne-Owen College, panelists with personal stories about death row said the system is broken.
Just City's Court Watch wants to have 100 volunteers trained by the end of year to observe court proceedings, from arraignments to trials, at 201 Poplar.
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