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Juvenile

Jan. 12, 2006

Californians Abandoned Juvenile Rehabilitation for Naught

Forum Column - By Patrick L. Mattimore and Jean Amabile - No one was surprised when Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Dana Overstreet announced that the office intended to try 15-year-old Ryan Watts as an adult for murder in the killing of his father, John Bruner. In most jurisdictions, the juvenile justice system has been largely decimated by the passage of Proposition 21, which allows prosecutors to file cases directly in adult court against juvenile offenders as young as 14.

        
Forum Column

By Patrick L. Mattimore and Jean Amabile
        
        No one was surprised when Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Dana Overstreet announced that the office intended to try 15-year-old Ryan Watts as ...

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