“There is reason to think that we may, and I emphasize may, have reached a turning point in this era,” said Bart Lublow, director of theRead More

Go back less than one year, and there were reports sparked by a troubling Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission study alleging juveniles who appeared before the IllinoisRead More

More than two years after U.S. Supreme Court decisions started throwing out mandatory death and life sentences for minors, judges in Washington, Illinois and dozens ofRead More

Juan Sancen was 12 years old when he came to the United States. He’s just finished high school and plans to go to college this fall.Read More

The violence that stains Chicago is a long way from Washington, D.C., where the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday it was not just to lock upRead More