Analysis: Some innovation in La. juvenile justice
Feb 19, 2009, Doug Simpson, Associated Press, USA Today, New Orleans Times-Picayne
BATON ROUGE, La. — Some innovation is happening in Louisiana's derided system of handling delinquent children.
Rapides and Jefferson parishes are trying to fix what's considered the key problem in the juvenile justice system: too many children, some accused of first-time, minor offenses, get hauled in front of a judge facing charges.
"We felt like those cases shouldn't be in the court system, and that the court should really be reserved for more serious offenders," said Daphne…
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