Georgia Criminal Defense Blog

New research indicates that New York’s juvenile detention centers fail to keep the youths secure and do not meet their treatments and services needed for recovery. This new information has underlined many juvenile justice advocates’ sentiments that the state needs to rethink its actions and responses to troubled youth.

Policymakers and prosecutors alike agree that New York should limit the number of juveniles sent to prison-like facilities and create more community-based programs for reducing youth crimes. These programs have statistically shown to be less expensive and more effective than the residential facilities. A shocking 89 percent of juvenile boys placed in residential facilities go on to commit further crimes. Roughly 1,600 youths are sent to these facilities each year, however, the majority of these youths have not committed serious felony crimes.

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In an example of the worst kind of Atlanta Juvenile Criminal case, a 16 year old has been arrested and charged with four counts of aggravated assault in connection with two recent shootings at a MARTA bus stop in front of Atlanta’s McNair High School. The arrest came one day after the shooting of 15 year old student at the bus stop, located near the school’s entrance on Bouldercrest and Key roads, according to an Atlanta Journal Constitution story.

The boy, whose name was withheld by police, was picked up early on Wednesday for probation violation, said Dale Davis, spokesman for the DeKalb County School System. He was later charged with four counts of aggravated assault in connection with the school shootings. It was not immediately apparent if he was a student at Mcnair High.

The second shooting occurred first, and involved a 19 year old standing at the same MARTA bus stop Friday night. In that incident, students alerted officers at a basketball game inside the school that someone outside had a weapon. Moments later, as officers approached the bus stop, they heard two or three gunshots.

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