| Apr 16, 2019 | Juvenile Crimes
Across Texas and the rest of the nation, youth violence is an issue that continues to affect communities small and large. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, on average, 13 people between the ages of 10 and 24 are murdered each day in the...
| Jan 24, 2017 | Juvenile Crimes
In El Paso and throughout Texas, juvenile centers are used as short-term arrangements. They provide multiple services, including crisis intervention, custodial care, counseling and education. According to state law, children in detention have hearings at set intervals...
| May 1, 2016 | Juvenile Crimes
In the state of Texas, a juvenile is defined as someone who has reached the age of 10 but was not yet 17 at the time they committed an act of “delinquent conduct”. Penalties for allegations of a juvenile crime can vary widely depending on the seriousness...
| Apr 5, 2016 | Juvenile Crimes
The juvenile law system is in place to protect all those affected by crimes committed by a minor. In the eyes of the law, there is no age limit when it comes to committing a crime. Crimes such as shoplifting, vandalism, minor consumption of alcohol, underage drinking...
| Mar 2, 2016 | Juvenile Crimes
In our last post, we began speaking a bit about the case of Ethan Couch, who has been called the “affluenza teen” in connection with arguments made in court in 2013 during his drunken driving case. As we noted, Couch is currently being transferred to the adult court...
| Feb 25, 2016 | Juvenile Crimes
A Texas teen who was sentenced to 10 years of probation in the juvenile system for a drunken driving crash in 2013 which killed four people is in bigger trouble now after he was accused of violating of his probation from that case. The young man, Ethan Couch, was...
| Jun 12, 2015 | Juvenile Crimes
The juvenile justice system is very different in nature than the criminal justice system, as anybody who works in the field can tell you. The primary approach in the criminal justice system is to punish offenders so as to deter criminal activity and to protect society...
| Mar 26, 2015 | Juvenile Crimes
In 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that juvenile offenders cannot constitutionally be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. That ruling, which applies even to juvenile murder cases, was significant in that it set a clear limitation on...
