News & Updates
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Bill to End California Sending 14- & 15-Year-Olds to the Adult Criminal System to be Voted on!
An important effort to end the trying of youth as adults is headed to a committee vote on June 26th! Help SB 1391 pass by clicking here for easy-to-use letters of support.
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Tuesday, June 19th at 8pm CARES for Youth Call guest Shaka Senghor
Shaka Senghor tells his story of redemption and vision as the new director of the Anti-Recidivism Coalition.
He was powerful in his TED Talk, powerful in an interview with Oprah, and he’ll be powerful, here, too. Shaka is More » -
Join the CARES Call June 5th at 8pm
Sexual abuse. Sex trafficking. Violence against girls.
In a perverse twist of justice, many girls who experience abuse are routed into the justice system because of their victimization. Violence against girls is a painfully American tale. Our guests on Tuesday will talk More » -
GREAT NEWS!
This week the California Senate Passed SB 1391! It means California is one step closer to ending the practice of sending kids under age 16 to the adult criminal system. Next, it must be heard by the Assembly. -
CALL YOUR SENATOR!
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CARES Call May 15th, 8pm: Phal Sok speaks on his remarkable life & immigration laws in the US
Join the call! Phal was a youth tried as an adult shortly after his father passed away in 1999. He was sentenced to nearly 24 years in prison but became eligible for earlier parole through SB 260 youth parole. More »
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Human Rights Watch Report on California
When I Die, They'll Send Me Home: Youth Sentenced to Life without Parole in California - 2012 update (PDF) finds that in many cases where juveniles were prosecuted with an adult, the youth received heavier sentences than their adult codefendants.
