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Vocabulary Alteration

Vocabulary Alteration. Juvenile. Adult. Offense Take into custody Petition Denial Admission Adjudicatory hearing Found delinquent Disposition Detention Aftercare. Crime Arrest File Charges Not Guilty Plea Guilty Plea Trail Found Guilty Sentencing Jail Parole.

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Vocabulary Alteration

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  1. Vocabulary Alteration Juvenile Adult • Offense • Take into custody • Petition • Denial • Admission • Adjudicatory hearing • Found delinquent • Disposition • Detention • Aftercare • Crime • Arrest • File Charges • Not Guilty Plea • Guilty Plea • Trail • Found Guilty • Sentencing • Jail • Parole

  2. Other Information to Consider • Adjudication • Admit guilt / found ‘guilty’ by judge • NOT a conviction • Do not have to check ‘convicted of a crime’ box • Indeterminate commitment • Sent to ‘detention center’ until a specific date • 18, 19, 20, or 21 birthday – Can be transferred to adult sentence • Ingham County Youth Center • 700 E. JollyLansing, MI   48911

  3. Is it fair? A look at Case 1 • Erik Smith • August 2, 1993 at age 13 killed 4 year old Derrick Robie in New York • Strangled, dropped rocks on his head, undressed and sodomized with a tree limb • Convicted of 2nd degree murder and sentenced maximum term for juvenile murderers, minimum of 9 years to life in prison • Has apologized and said realized it was wrong • Denied parole 5 times since 2002 • Next eligible in April 2012

  4. Is it fair? A look at Case 2 • Westside Middle School Massacre • 13-year-old Mitchell Johnson, and 11-year-old Andrew Golden • Drove van to school, pulled fire alarm • Shot from the woods on March 24, 1998 • Killed 5, 4 students and a teacher • Injured 10, 9 students and a teacher • Among youngest in America charged with murder • Arkansas law only held till 14 for murder • Confined until 21 due to federal gun charges • Johnson released August 11, 2005 and Golden released May 25, 2007

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