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Louisiana GOP lawmakers want to make it easier to try juveniles as adults
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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"Juveniles Treated Too Leniently In This Country, Legislature Has Still Not Learnt Any Lessons From Horrors Of Nirbhaya": MP High Court
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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Rajasthan: Criminal cases involving juveniles rose in 2022, says govt data
1 year, 3 months ago

Rajasthan: Criminal cases involving juveniles rose in 2022, says govt data

India TV News  

Rajasthan witnessed an increase in the number of criminal cases registered against juveniles in 2022 in comparison to the previous year, according to the state’s home department data. On whether criminals influence juveniles to commit crimes with them as punishment provisions for them are not harsh under the Juvenile Justice Act, Srivastava said, "Criminals always try to bend the laws …

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Juvenile Justice Board's Decision To Try Child As Adult Must Be Transparent And Fair: Bombay High Court
1 year, 5 months ago

Juvenile Justice Board's Decision To Try Child As Adult Must Be Transparent And Fair: Bombay High Court

Live Law  

Owing to several procedural lapses by the Juvenile Justice Board, Yavatmal, the Bombay High Court ordered re-adjudication of a plea to try two juveniles as adults in the case of a gang-rape of a minor girl. Justice GA Sanap at the Nagpur bench noted that the JJB’s roznama didn’t specify if the juveniles or their advocates were even given a …

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Hyderabad teen rape accused a minor, says high court
1 year, 7 months ago

Hyderabad teen rape accused a minor, says high court

Hindustan Times  

The Telangana high court on Tuesday declared as a juvenile, one of the six accused in the sensational gang rape of a 16-year-old girl abducted from a pub in the upscale Jubilee Hills area of Hyderabad on May 28 last year, people familiar with the matter said. On September 30, the fifth additional chief metropolitan magistrate of Juvenile Justice Board …

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JH gang-rape: HC grants bail to fifth juvenile accused
2 years, 4 months ago

JH gang-rape: HC grants bail to fifth juvenile accused

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The High Court on Wednesday granted conditional bail to the fifth juvenile accused in the sensation gang-rape of a minor at Jubilee Hills on May 28. The Nampally court on Tuesday granted conditional bail to four juveniles accused in the case. The fifth juvenile’s counsel produced the bail orders of four other juveniles who were granted bail on Tuesday, …

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Hyderabad gang rape: When can juveniles be tried as adults?
2 years, 6 months ago

Hyderabad gang rape: When can juveniles be tried as adults?

Firstpost  

The police probing the gang rape of a teenage girl in Hyderabad want to prosecute the five arrested minors as adults. This is allowed after the 2015 amendment to the Juvenile Justice Act, if they are accused of a ‘heinous crime’ and are between the ages of 16 and 18 Police officials, investigation the gang rape of a teenage girl …

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Yet another minor gangraped, 2 juveniles among five held
2 years, 6 months ago

Yet another minor gangraped, 2 juveniles among five held

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: In yet another rape case within a fortnight in the city, the Karkhana police arrested five persons including two juveniles for allegedly raping a minor girl. The accused, a few weeks ago, allegedly trapped the victim in Karkhana area and since then they were repeatedly raping her, the Karkhana police said. Two lodge managers were also booked for not …

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Hyderabad police seek 10-day custody of accused in gang rape case
2 years, 6 months ago

Hyderabad police seek 10-day custody of accused in gang rape case

Hindustan Times  

The Hyderabad police on Monday sought 10-day custody of four accused, including three juveniles, arrested in connection with gang rape of a minor girl, a police officer said, adding that manhunt for the fifth accused continued. Police have earlier said that the minor girl, who visited a pub in Hyderabad on May 28, was gang-raped by five persons including three …

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Fourth accused arrested in Jubilee Hills gangrape case, one still absconding
2 years, 6 months ago

Fourth accused arrested in Jubilee Hills gangrape case, one still absconding

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Telangana Police on Sunday arrested the fourth accused in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a teenage girl in Hyderabad's Jubilee Hills last week. Inspector Jubilee Hills S Rajashekhar Reddy said, "Police arrest fourth accused in the matter. The Jubilee Hills police on Saturday arrested two suspects, both juveniles in connection with the gang rape case of a minor …

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Sexual education a must to fight rape, say experts
3 years ago

Sexual education a must to fight rape, say experts

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad,: Rape on girls, even infants, has become commonplace now and acts of sexual depravity have ceased to shock the society. In many cases, parents who are opposed to their daughters making sexual choices have tended to use criminal law to control their daughters and punish the men with whom they tried having sexual intimacy. Shikha Goel said, “We encourage …

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Increase in juvenile rape convicts due to easy access to porn, says child psychiatrist
3 years, 9 months ago

Increase in juvenile rape convicts due to easy access to porn, says child psychiatrist

India Today  

When a police team reached Bhagwan Singh's house in Etmadpur area of Agra to search for his 14-year-old son, he could not understand what his son could have done for the cops to come looking for him. In another case, Kasganj resident Ram Pratap Singh's 14-year-old son has also been sent to a juvenile home for allegedly raping a minor …

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