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Juvenile Justice

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Juvenile Justice: Move Afoot to Stop Businesses From Looking at Court Records of Young Offenders

    ​State senators started today to mull over the possibility of working up legislation that would prevent businesses from having access to juvenile court records. If something like this were to become law, companies would not be able to take into account crimes the applicant may have committed i ... More >>

  • News

    November 23, 2011

    The Tuba Man, Billy Chambers, and the Day the Music Died

    Is Ed McMichael's teen killer capable of rehabilitation?

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    Are King County's Juvenile Inmates Movin' On Up to Beacon Hill's Old PacMed Hospital?

    ​The old PacMed Hospital--most recently the corporate headquarters for Amazon.com--stands all but empty on its ominous perch atop Beacon Hill. Similarly, the Youth Services/Detention Center (juvie) on 12th Avenue in the Central District, is aging, inadequate and underused. Could a solution ... More >>

  • News

    July 13, 2011

    Who's Fooling Mike McGinn?

    When it comes to sex trafficking, the mayor is getting duped.

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    Zachary S. Nelson, Pedophile Convicted at 15 and Facing Life, Is One of Many Young Sex Criminals

    McNeil Island is where Zachary Nelson may spend the rest of his life. ​Zachary S. Nelson is said to have molested his first boy at age 4. Since then he's been charged with and convicted of two other sex crimes: one for dragging a 4-year-old sleeping boy out of his bed and molesting him and ano ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    Matthew Dubois, Now Charged With Murder, Was Released Despite Protests Say Prosecutors

    Judge LeRoy McCullough may want, but will not get, a do over​If by the end of next week King County Juvenile Court Judge LeRoy McCullough isn't confronted in his front driveway by some asshole producer from the O'Reilly Factor, then we should all be very surprised. According to a report by t ... More >>

  • News

    November 25, 2009

    Cover Story: Catch Me If You Camp

    Evading cops on Camano, “barefoot burglar” Colton Harris-Moore is the rugged Northwest’s answer to Frank Abagnale Jr.

  • Music

    September 30, 2009

    REVERB: Kore Ionz’s Rub-a-Dub Style

    A global reggae party for the kids.

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Youth Shot Outside Juvenile Court Facility

    Several shots were fired outside King County's Youth Service Center (which houses the juvenile court), and at least one hit a juvenile in the hip. The shooter(s) escaped in a car and the facility is currently on lockdown was on lockdown but has since been reopened. See the full story here.

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2009

    Chalk Outlines: 17-Year-Old Murder Suspect in Ballard Case Charged as Adult

    Elijah Hall, the 17-year-old boy suspected of shooting and killing Ballard gas station clerk Manish Melwani during a robbery on Sunday, was charged as an adult with first-degree murder in King County today. Hall was identified as a suspect after police encountered him hanging around where the bag of ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 22, 2009

    Cry-Baby

    Elijah Hall, the 17-year-old boy suspected of shooting and killing Ballard gas station clerk Manish Melwani during a robbery on Sunday, was charged as an adult with first-degree murder in King County today. Hall was identified as a suspect after police encountered him hanging around where the bag of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2009

    Locked-up Kids and the Hope of Obama

    What did Obama's inauguration mean to kids who are locked up? Kudos to the P-I's Claudia Rowe for visiting one of King County's juvenile detention facilities to find out. My fiancee is a public defender who represents many such kids and who watched the inauguration from the courtroom of the same fac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2008

    Farewell, Animals?

    What did Obama's inauguration mean to kids who are locked up? Kudos to the P-I's Claudia Rowe for visiting one of King County's juvenile detention facilities to find out. My fiancee is a public defender who represents many such kids and who watched the inauguration from the courtroom of the same fac ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 30, 2008

    Cry-Baby

    What did Obama's inauguration mean to kids who are locked up? Kudos to the P-I's Claudia Rowe for visiting one of King County's juvenile detention facilities to find out. My fiancee is a public defender who represents many such kids and who watched the inauguration from the courtroom of the same fac ... More >>

  • News

    March 26, 2008

    Communist States Aren’t the Only Ones Denying Jury Trials

    In Washington, juveniles have no right to one.

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2008

    Civics 101: Kids Don't Have the Right to be Tried as Adults

    In Washington, juveniles have no right to one.

  • News

    May 9, 2007

    Should Kids Serve Time for Skipping School?

    Fifteen-year-old Tam Chau hates school. For that, there's a jumpsuit waiting with his name on it at juvie hall.

  • News

    August 2, 2006

    The Sweet 16

    A sex scandal widens among guards at the county jails and juvie hall.

  • News

    January 23, 2002

    Little girl lost

    Heather Opel faces 20 years to life for following mother's orders

  • News

    November 14, 2001

    News Clips— Winning Bunch

    Heather Opel faces 20 years to life for following mother's orders

  • News

    August 1, 2001

    Jailhouse Slop

    The management of the King County Juvenile Jail has as many problems as the detainees.

  • News

    August 1, 2001

    Where's Nate?

    The management of the King County Juvenile Jail has as many problems as the detainees.

  • News

    June 27, 2001

    Disturbing Echo

    A teen's suicide while in state custody prompts an independent review and a coroner's inquest.

  • News

    December 2, 1998

    Uncorking crime

    Why did the Legislature decide to let the juvenile-crime genie back out of the bottle?

  • News

    August 26, 1998

    Little Fish in the Big House

    Juvenile inmates are filling adult prison cells. They have to sue just to go to school.

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