The Legislative Reference Library provided background links related to three criminal-justice related Texas legislative hearings next week
on their website. Check them out:
March 25th
Topic: Classifying 17-year-olds as adults in the criminal justice system
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"Court Tosses Out Sentence for Austin Killer," Austin American Statesman, March 12, 2014
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"N.Y., N.C. Consider Changes to Juvenile Justice Laws," USA Today, March 1, 2014
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Juvenile Age of Jurisdiction and Transfer to Adult Court Laws (map), National Conference of State Legislatures, Jan. 10, 2014
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Mandatory Sentencing 17 year-olds in Adult Court - Is There a Better Alternative for Wisconsin's Youth and Taxpayers?, A Joint Report by: The John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy & The Texas Public Policy Foundation, October 23, 2013
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State Trends Legislative Victories from 2011-2013 Removing Youth from the Adult Criminal Justice System, Campaign for Youth Justice, October 2013
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"Sixteen States Have Shielded More Juveniles from Adult System Since 2011," Chronicle of Social Change, October 10, 2013
March 26th
Topic: Paperless charging system for processing criminal cases
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Electronic Misdemeanor Charging Document Exchange Project, Alaska Court System, September 24, 2013
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"Digital courtrooms to be rolled out nationally," U.K. Ministry of Justice, June 28, 2013
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"eCharging and eDWI save time and money in Brooklyn Park and statewide," Minnesota Sun-Post, February 18, 2013
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The eCharging Pilot: a Report to the Minnesota Supreme Court, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, September 18, 2009
March 27th
Charge: Economic impact of credit card and identity theft
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