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Through legal advocacy, publications, projects, public education and training, Juvenile Law Center works to ensure that the child welfare, juvenile justice, and other public systems provide vulnerable children with the protection and services they need to become productive adults.

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Litigation
JLC briefed the issue of whether the Congress intended the Military Commissions Act to have jurisdiction over juveniles. The juveniles in question have been held at Guantanamo Bay and subject to interrogation and physical and psychological abuse. Continued...
JLC’s brief argues that the mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole imposed on a 16 year old is a disproportionate punishment under the U.S. and Massachusetts Constitutions. Continued...
JLC briefed the issue of constitutionality of a state certification statute that requires juveniles, in violation of their right to due process and against self-incrimination, to admit guilt in order to rebut the presumption of certification to adult court. Continued...

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