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5 days, 14 hours ago

A decade after Nirbhaya, juvenile sexual offenders more brutal and brazen

It was a festival of devotion, celebration and reverence—the Raas Mahotsav in Guwahati. These stories, punctuated by violence and cruelty, underline an unsettling reality: despite overall crime rates by juveniles decreasing over the past decade, the nature of crimes has grown increasingly brutal and horrifying. Similarly, cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act involving juveniles decreased …

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1 week ago

Juvenile participation in Delhi crime on rise: Police data

Hindustan Times

The appeal of establishing one’s own “following”, a way to make a quick buck and “inspiration” from reel and real-life gangsters have led to a splurge in the number of heinous crimes being committed by minors over the recent past, police officers aware of the matter said. IPS officer Joy N Tirkey, a former deputy commissioner of police, who studied …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Biden granted clemency to the ‘kids-for-cash’ judge. The White House didn’t consider the case specifics.

Politico

“I do feel strongly that President Biden got it absolutely wrong and created a lot of pain here in northeastern Pennsylvania,” Shapiro, a Democrat, said at an event on Friday. But the White House did not consider any of those details when weighing the charges against Conahan or the cases of other individuals who received commutations on Thursday, said the …

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2 weeks ago

Riot police sent to Rottnest Island to control partying end-of-school-year teenagers

ABC

School leavers allegedly assaulted tourists on Rottnest Island and pelted police with bottles, with officers trained in controlling riots and public unrest called in to help restore order on the holiday island. Superintendent Dave Dench held a press conference to talk about the disorderly group on Rottnest Island for junior leavers week. He also said police had been aware of …

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Delhi Police arrests four more accused, detains juvenile in Naraina murder case

India TV News

In the latest development in the Naraina murder case, the Delhi Police arrested four more individuals and apprehended a juvenile for their alleged involvement in the murder of 36-year-old Manoj, officials said on Monday. The Naraina case has drawn attention as one of the accused juveniles was earlier linked to the murder of Manoj's younger brother, Pramod, a few months …

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1 month ago

Children's Court Meant To Try Not Just Cases Where Child Rights Are Violated But Also Juveniles To Be Tried As Adults: MP High Court

Live Law

In a recent judgement, the MP High Court clarified the Children's Court is not only for trying the cases where child rights have been violated and victims are children but also for juveniles aged 16-18 who are accused of committing heinous offences. In Sections 15 and 18 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, it is laid down that Juvenile Justice …

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1 month ago

Louisiana GOP lawmakers want to make it easier to try juveniles as adults

Associated Press

— Louisiana’s Republican-controlled Legislature approved a constitutional amendment on Friday that would allow them to expand the number of crimes in which juveniles between 14 and 16 years old could be tried as adults. Opponents, including Democrats, social workers and criminal justice reform advocates, said specific offenses routing juveniles to adult courts should remain part of the constitution to keep …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Three juveniles held for murder in Delhi; political row erupts over city’s crime rate

The Hindu

The Delhi police on Saturday apprehended three juveniles for killing a man and injuring another in two separate incidents of firing in north-east Delhi’s Welcome area. War of words Delhi Health Minister and senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Saurabh Bharadwaj attacked the Lieutenant-Governor over the “deteriorating law and order situation in the city”. Addressing a press conference, Mr. Bharadwaj said …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Age of juvenile under law should be lowered to 14: Ajit Pawar

Hindustan Times

PUNE Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar has called for bringing down the legal age to define juveniles in criminal cases from 18 to 14 years. Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar has called for bringing down the legal age to define juveniles in criminal cases from 18 to 14 years. Speaking to reporters in Baramati, his assembly constituency, on …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Gascón gave teen killer second chance — now she’s charged again

LA Times

The crime Shanice Amanda Dyer committed as a 17-year-old was as horrific as it was seemingly random. Although Gascón’s juvenile policy is in line with a broader movement to keep youths out of adult prisons in California — where only a dozen teens were tried in adult court last year — Dyer could have faced life in prison for the …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

2 juveniles booked for stabbing minor to death

Hindustan Times

Zirakpur police booked two juveniles from Panchkula for allegedly stabbing a minor boy to death near Patiala-Zirakpur Chowk on Sunday evening due to an old enmity. Police booked the absconding juveniles for murder after a complaint was filed by the victim’s mother. The complainant told police that the juveniles had a fight with her son a few days before the …

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3 months ago

About 50 juveniles ransack 7-Eleven in L.A., latest in string of robberies targeting the chain

LA Times

The exterior of a 7-Eleven convenience store is seen on Aug. 20 in Los Angeles. A group of about 50 juveniles on bikes ransacked a 7-Eleven in Pico-Robertson on Friday evening, the latest in a string of recent robberies targeting the convenience chain, authorities said. The same store was targeted — also reportedly by a group of around 50 teens …

Los Angeles

3 months, 1 week ago

"Juveniles Treated Too Leniently In This Country, Legislature Has Still Not Learnt Any Lessons From Horrors Of Nirbhaya": MP High Court

Live Law

While upholding the conviction of a juvenile for rape of a four-year-old girl, the Madhya Pradesh High Court lamented the "lenient" laws in the country so far as juvenile offenders are concerned. Justice Subodh Abhyankar sitting at Indore observed, “Court is once again at pains to observe that juveniles in this country are being treated rather too leniently, and that …

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4 months ago

Three face felony charges in connection with Colorado locker room thefts at Rose Bowl

LA Times

Colorado coach Deion Sanders walks through the locker room after arriving at the Rose Bowl a game against UCLA in October. Three juveniles accused of stealing items from Colorado’s locker room at the Rose Bowl during a football game against UCLA last October are facing felony charges after the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office decided to pursue the case. …

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4 months ago

Seven arrested in theft case in TN, 36 sovereigns of gold recovered

New Indian Express

TIRUVANNAMALAI: Seven people, including six juveniles, were arrested and 36 sovereign of gold was seized by the police on Thursday. According to police sources, G Babu and six juveniles have been involved in a series of thefts across the Kanchipuram, Tiruvannamalai, and Ranipet districts over the past three years. "This footage provided a crucial lead, guiding the investigation towards the …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Andhra Pradesh: 17 Smugglers, Including 2 Juveniles, Held With Ganja

Deccan Chronicle

Vijayawada:In a joint operation, Anti-Narcotics Cell, along with law and order police of NTR district, arrested 17 ganja peddlers, including two juveniles. The arrested have been identified as Mallepolu Siva Naga Mahesh, Dhuli Venkatesh, Jajjanam Naresh alias Mechanic Naresh, D. Venkamraju alias Nani, Seelam Charan, Vanam Aravind alias Aarvi, Syeed Ali alias Ali, K. Sai Kiran, Kota Naga Durga Prasad, …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Police file chargesheet in Porsche crash that killed two techies; Juvenile's parents among seven named

New Indian Express

PUNE: Police have filed a chargesheet against seven accused in connection with the Porsche car accident case, including the parents of a minor boy who was allegedly behind the wheel, in a Pune court, more than two months after the fatal crash, an official said on Friday. The 900-page chargesheet, submitted on Thursday in a sessions court, has excluded the …

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5 months ago

24, including 8 juveniles, chargesheeted for murdering 32-year-old in ‘revenge attack’

Hindustan Times

New Delhi Police have arrested 23 of the 24, including eight minors. Twenty-four people, including eight juveniles, were chargesheeted by the police for conspiring and killing a 32-year-old man in an “act of revenge”, after one of the 24 was initially attacked by a group of people over his relationship with an 18-year-old woman, police said on Wednesday. The prime …

Delhi Kumar Kishore Juveniles Chargesheeted

5 months ago

Trying juveniles as adults is not the answer

The Hindu

In May, a speeding car, allegedly driven by a teenager, killed two young techies in Pune. The High Court noted that the JJ Act is “not only a beneficial legislation, but is also a remedial one.” The push by some to prosecute the adolescent as an adult raises broader questions about the power of the juvenile justice system to address …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi Police banks on ‘Youth Club’ initiative to keep minors off crime

Hindustan Times

New Delhi A Youth Club session underway at Seemapuri. Police, calling it the “Youth Club” initiative, which is essentially a support group, are seeking to engage juveniles in a series of activities to keep them from committing crimes. DCP Jitendra Meena said the Youth Club was started in Adarsh Nagar and Jahangirpuri due to the increased number of delinquents in …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Dozens of juveniles detained after a disturbance at a Carson shopping center

LA Times

More than 70 juveniles were detained after a crowd grew unruly at a Carson shopping center Saturday evening, setting off fireworks and lighting a trash can on fire. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Carson station responded shortly before 7 p.m. to reports of a crowd of about 200, mostly juveniles, causing a disturbance at the SouthBay Pavilion mall. The group …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Gang of 10, including five juveniles, arrested for staging a murder as a train accident

The Hindu

A gang of 10, including five juveniles, were arrested by the Allapur police for trying to pass off a murder as a train accident in Borabanda on Friday. The arrested men include Zahir, Rehaan, Amir and Shoaib who killed Mohd Yahiya Danish, 17, a resident of Safdar Nagar in Borabanda. The gang then threw the body on the railway tracks …

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6 months ago

Warm blankets, bedsheets even in summer at Faridkot observation home

Hindustan Times

Punjab social security, women and child development minister Dr Baljit Kaur on Saturday conducted a surprise check at Faridkot observation home and found deficiencies in the facilities provided to the inmates. Cabinet minister Dr Baljit Kaur during a surprise check at the observation home in Faridkot on Saturday. Dr Kaur found that the beds are of poor quality and inmates …

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6 months ago

Pune Porsche crash: Bombay HC raises concerns over juvenile’s mental health

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Friday expressed concerns about the mental health and trauma faced by the 17-year-old juvenile allegedly responsible for the deaths of two techies in the Pune Porsche incident. The WCD department has issued an eight-page notices to two JJB members for showing “too much” leniency in giving bail to the 17-year-old teenager A division bench …

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A decade after Nirbhaya, juvenile sexual offenders more brutal and brazen

Juvenile participation in Delhi crime on rise: Police data

Biden granted clemency to the ‘kids-for-cash’ judge. The White House didn’t consider the case specifics.

Riot police sent to Rottnest Island to control partying end-of-school-year teenagers

Delhi Police arrests four more accused, detains juvenile in Naraina murder case

Children's Court Meant To Try Not Just Cases Where Child Rights Are Violated But Also Juveniles To Be Tried As Adults: MP High Court

Louisiana GOP lawmakers want to make it easier to try juveniles as adults

Three juveniles held for murder in Delhi; political row erupts over city’s crime rate

Age of juvenile under law should be lowered to 14: Ajit Pawar

Gascón gave teen killer second chance — now she’s charged again

2 juveniles booked for stabbing minor to death

About 50 juveniles ransack 7-Eleven in L.A., latest in string of robberies targeting the chain

"Juveniles Treated Too Leniently In This Country, Legislature Has Still Not Learnt Any Lessons From Horrors Of Nirbhaya": MP High Court

Three face felony charges in connection with Colorado locker room thefts at Rose Bowl

Seven arrested in theft case in TN, 36 sovereigns of gold recovered

Andhra Pradesh: 17 Smugglers, Including 2 Juveniles, Held With Ganja

Police file chargesheet in Porsche crash that killed two techies; Juvenile's parents among seven named

24, including 8 juveniles, chargesheeted for murdering 32-year-old in ‘revenge attack’

Trying juveniles as adults is not the answer

Delhi Police banks on ‘Youth Club’ initiative to keep minors off crime

Dozens of juveniles detained after a disturbance at a Carson shopping center

Gang of 10, including five juveniles, arrested for staging a murder as a train accident

Warm blankets, bedsheets even in summer at Faridkot observation home

Pune Porsche crash: Bombay HC raises concerns over juvenile’s mental health