There's a bit of misinformation on the internet about the Cyntoia Brown case. Get the facts and watch the documentary inside.
(Washington Post) — Mayor-elect Vincent C. Gray can only hope that better times are ahead for the District’s juvenile justice agency. For nearly a year, he has watched from his seat on the City Council as one crisis after another has buffeted the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services. At least a dozen wards under its […]
(AJC) — His name is Fabian Coursoiver Sheats. He keeps Atlanta police and Fulton County court officials busy. Police and those on the street talk about “The Game,” the constant maneuvering that goes on between detective and dealers. Sheats is a bit player. But, because of his repeated arrests, he clogs the machinery of justice, […]
(NYT) — The 16-year-old defendant seemed annoyed and a bit confused. Seated in the witness box in a courthouse in Staten Island, her answers were curt and short on detail. The inquiry into her crime — stealing a shirt in April at the Staten Island Mall — had just begun. Could she describe what happened? […]