Models for Change Stakeholder and Latino Juvenile Justice Network Coordinator Edwin Desamour Featured on CNN
Nov 9, 2009, Bill Mears, CNN
Two cases may change the way teens are punished
November 9, 2009 10:50 a.m. EST
Allentown, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Sixty miles and the twin tragedies of young lives lost to violence link this industrial hub to the tough streets of North Philadelphia. Here, a grieving mother uses the memory of her murdered daughter to fight on behalf of victim rights. In his West Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, a paroled teenage killer uses his second chance to mentor at-risk youth. In these separate…
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- Issues
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Juvenile indigent defense
, Racial-ethnic fairness/DMC
- States
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Pennsylvania
- Action networks
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DMC Action Network
, Indigent Defense Action Network