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Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
Judge to determine whether teen charged in girlfriend’s death to be tried as juvenile or adult
A final day of testimony was heard Thursday in Waterville in the case of Aidan Grant, 16, who’s charged in the stabbing death of 14-year-old Brooke McLaughlin in Mount Vernon.
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Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
State prosecutor reveals inconsistencies in stories teen told following death of girlfriend in Mount Vernon
Further details were revealed Wednesday in Waterville during the second day of testimony to determine if Aidan Grant, 16, will be tried as an adult in the death last year of his girlfriend, Brooke McLaughlin, 14.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Study: Young adults are overrepresented in Maine’s criminal justice system
A report from the University of Southern Maine’s Catherine E. Cutler Institute calls for expanding diversion and treatment-based criminal justice programs.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: The U.S. neglects basic human rights for children
Based on our child marriage, corporal punishment, child labor and juvenile justice records, Maine is one of 20 states recently flunked by Human Rights Watch.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Black teens are oversurveilled, overpoliced and overincarcerated
A new book confirms my own experience: When I made mistakes as a white teen, I was given second chances that my Black students today don’t get.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Locked up for the holidays – why youth in Long Creek must be released now
Youth prisons neither keep communities any safer nor help young people, so we must get these kids home with the care and support they need.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: New study finds same old problems at Long Creek
Despite promises of reform, youths who need psychiatric treatment are still being held in a prison.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: It’s time to close Long Creek, end youth incarceration
The state’s scramble to rebrand the institution can never heal the years of neglect and abuse that it has caused.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Troubling reports of Long Creek restraint use
The state’s youth prison should not stay open if it is still using dangerous techniques it was warned about in 2017.