Monsters and Mental Healthcare - Vivian Asimos & Kathleen Hale
Digital Folklore
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The Truth About Juvenile Justice Laws
The reason that Morgan was tried as an adult is because of this 1990s theory invented by a Christian fundamentalist named John De Lueleo Jr., who was a professor at Princeton in the 90s. Democrats and Republicans came together in a rare act of unity to bake this fake theory into law. And across the country, everyone rushed to lower their minimum age for adult prosecution. In Wisconsin, children as young as 10 are prosecuted as adults in attempted homicide cases.
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